Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass bill that prohibits the sale of beverages on private property.

Highlights:

• Prohibits local health departments from adopting or enforcing a law that regulates the sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand on private property by an individual who is less than 18 years of age (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that any individual who sells lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages from a stand must comply with the following:

• Obtain the permission of the owner, tenant, or lessee of the private property; and

• Not operate a stand on more than 2 consecutive days nor operate more than 8 days in a 30 day period. 

• Requires that the lemonade stand is not positioned at the following (Sec. 1): 

• Hospitals; 

• Health facilities; 

• Housing services establishments that are required to file disclosure statements; 

• Care retirement communities; 

• Community mental health center; 

• Private mental health institutions; 

• Areas designed to provide food under the nutrition service program; 

• A food pantry that: 

• Operates with a nonprofit organization; or

• Distributes food which may include food from the United States; Department of Agriculture. 

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