An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department to prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese and to provide those materials to the food establishments; to direct the department to monitor the food establishments for compliance with the provisions of this act; and for related purposes. Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Mississippi:
SECTION 1.
(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.
(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.
(3) The State Department of Health shall monitor the food establishments to which this section applies for compliance with the provisions of this section, and may revoke the permit of any food establishment that repeatedly violates the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2008.
Full Text of House Bill No. 282
Introduced into the Mississippi legislature by Representative W.T. Mayhall, Jr., and co-authored by Bobby Shows, and John Reed.
“Look, you smart-assed kids, you don’t need me! I do my business on this side of the road, and you white folks do your business on that side; that’s the way that things get done in Mississippi.” ~ Willie Brown (Crossroads)
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This is news to me! I have lived in South Mississippi for the last ten years. I noticed shortly after moving here that there is a mindset that runs through this state and that is that we should all be just like the ones in power whether religious, political, or anything else. The good jobs (better pay, medical, retirement, etc.) are given to the boss’ relatives or best friends. It begins in the public school indoctrination centers and the 501c3 churches. This state luvs to ruin people who don’t go along with their program and to keep the majority of people in poverty so they are more easily controlled. If you qualify for the food stamp/EBT program you have to sign an agreement with the state to be a slave laborer for no pay if they require your help and at the same time do nothing to ensure stable jobs that can provide support for the poor. It’s the rich looking out for themselves and occassionally throwing the rest of us a bone to placate us. Is it any wonder the county I live in is overrun by illegal drugs with new meth labs popping up overnight? In this state there are still families with millions of dollars that they came into through inheritances that derive from before the Civil War because of slave labor on the farms. These families made fortunes off the blood and sweat of others. Do you really think those families want anything to change in this state? No, they don’t. These people with power know that if they can keep the majority of the people poor and under-educated it will serve their purposes and make them richer. For example, in the northern part of the state, the Delta area, are many of the farms. At twelve years of age a child can quit public school to work on the family farm and not be in trouble for truancy or anything else. Yup, this state’s mindset reflects the deranged tendencies of psychopaths who love control and power and greed. Look at what our governor did recently by pardoning an assortment of murderers. I guess now that I’ve spoken out against the order of the day they’ll be coming for me soon.