H1043 - 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-4)

Overview: Section 3.3(28) of S.L. 2020-4 requires the Office of State Budget and Management to allocate $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services to be distributed equally among each of the six food banks in the State. The food banks are encouraged to use the funds allocated to purchase food from North Carolina-based farmers and vendors. This allocation became effective May 4, 2020.

Section 1.2 of S.L. 2020-97 amended Section 3.3(28) of S.L. 2020-4 to increase the allocation to DHHS for the food banks from $6 million to $12 million. This additional allocation became effective September 4, 2020.