Marilyn Dondero Loop

  • States Passing Laws to Assist Food Pantries

    Posted Jul 21 at 4 PM

    July 13, 2009

    An article in USA Today highlights the new law I sponsored, AB 332, which allows restaurants to donate perishable food to charitable organizations and limits the civil liability of the donors.

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  • Law allows restaurants freedom to be charitable

    Posted Jul 14 at 3 PM

    An article about a law that I sponsored during the 2009 legislative session that allows for the donation and distribution of perishable food to non-profit charitable organizations and limits the liability of a person who donates these items.

    Las Vegas-Sun

    By Timothy Pratt

    Thursday, June 18, 2009

    Come July 1, Kathia Pereira’s family business won’t have to toss up to 1,000 rolls and loaves of bread into the trash every week.

    A new state law, which she helped write, takes effect on that date, protecting donors of perishable food from liability.

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