HOUSE BILL 208

53rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2017

INTRODUCED BY

Jimmie C. Hall and Brian Egolf

FOR THE ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE NEW MEXICO-GROWN FRESH FRUITS AND FRESH VEGETABLES FOR SCHOOL MEALS.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million four hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,440,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years for the purchase and distribution of New Mexico-grown fresh fruits and fresh vegetables to school districts, charter schools and juvenile detention centers through the department's school meal programs and for a full-time-equivalent position to administer and promote this initiative. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.