HOUSE BILL 571

45th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2001

INTRODUCED BY

Edward C. Sandoval







AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A STATEWIDE FOOD BANK PROGRAM TO FEED HUNGRY AND HOMELESS NEW MEXICANS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2002 for the purpose of contracting with a statewide food bank program to gather, pack, transport, distribute and prepare unsaleable and surplus fresh produce to feed hungry and homeless New Mexicans. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2002 shall revert to the general fund.

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