A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the food banks in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year for the State Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  These funds shall be allocated equally among the following North Carolina food banks:
(1)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (Charlotte).
(2)	The Food Bank of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Greenville, Southern Pines, and Wilmington).
(3)	The Food Bank of the Albemarle (Elizabeth City).
(4)	MANNA Food Bank (Asheville).
(5)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina (Winston‑Salem).
(6)	The Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina (Fayetteville).
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year.  These funds shall be allocated equally among the following for operating expenses:
(1)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (Charlotte).
(2)	The Food Bank of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, Greenville, Southern Pines, and Wilmington).
(3)	The Food Bank of the Albemarle (Elizabeth City).
(4)	MANNA Food Bank (Asheville).
(5)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina (Winston‑Salem).
(6)	The Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina (Fayetteville).
(7)	Community Food Kitchen (Charlotte).
(8)	InterFaith Food Shuttle (Raleigh).
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2004.