Lab. Code, § 2516 · Part 9.5. Grocery Workers
Lab. Code, § 2516
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This part shall not apply to grocery establishments that will be located in geographic areas designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as a food desert, based on the original food desert measure contained in the Food Access Research Atlas, provided that both of the following apply:
(a) More than six years have elapsed since the most recent grocery establishment was located in the area designated as a food desert.
(b) The grocery establishment stocks and during normal business hours sells fresh fruit and vegetables in amounts and of a quality that is comparable to what the establishment sells in its three geographically closest stores, which are located outside of the food desert.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 212, Sec. 1. (AB 359) Effective January 1, 2016.
Source of truth
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- Official file
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