GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1912

Short Title:  State Nutrition Assistance Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives H. Hunter; Adams, Wainwright, Luebke, Green, and Kennedy.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 31, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH A STATE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Human Resources the sum of one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) for the 1994-95 fiscal year to establish a State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to allow the six North Carolina food banks to purchase commodities that would be given to SNAP-certified pantries across the State so as to provide families and children with the nutrients they need.  These funds shall be allocated as follows:
(1)	$1,000,000 to purchase the commodities; and
(2)	$200,000 for transporting, storing, and handling the commodities at the food bank level.
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.