A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE food service establishments THAT OFFER BUFFET‑STYLE service or customer self‑SERVICE TO POST A SIGN PERTAINING TO SANITATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑248 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"§ 130A‑248.  Regulation of food and lodging establishments.
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(c2)	The Commission shall adopt rules requiring establishments that prepare or serve food and that offer buffet‑style service or provide for customer self‑service in the establishment to post a sign at or near the buffet cart or self‑service area encouraging customers to wash hands before entering or using the buffet or self‑service area."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2007.