GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-335

SENATE BILL 346

AN ACT to exempt bona fide cooking schools from regulations governing the sanitation of establishments that prepare or serve food or drink to the public.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A-250 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(13) Bona fide cooking schools, defined for the purpose of this subdivision as cooking schools that (i) primarily provide courses or instruction on food preparation techniques that participants can replicate in their homes, (ii) prepare or serve food for cooking school participants during instructional time only, and (iii) do not otherwise prepare or serve food to the public."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17^th day of June, 2011.

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved 11:37 a.m. this 27^th day of June, 2011