For Assembly District 5
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.