H. B. 2399
(By Delegates Proudfoot, Compton, Damron,
Campbell, Willis and Boggs)
[Introduced March 4, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources.]
A BILL to amend article six, chapter sixteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section eight-a,
relating to requiring restaurants to place paper place mats
under a patron's plate and silverware.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article six, chapter sixteen, of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eight-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
§16-6-8a. Restaurants required to provide place mats.
A restaurant may not serve food to a patron unless a paper
place mat has first been placed under the patron's plate and
silverware.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require restaurants to
place paper place mats under a patron's plate and silverware.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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