H.B. 1050
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 2, 2024
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40596-NIa-185
Short Title: Food Insecurity Grants. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Hawkins.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO CREATE A GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT NONPROFIT
3 ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, AND TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
4 FOR PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THAT PROGRAM.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1.(a) Purpose. – The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
7 (Department) shall establish a grant program to support nonprofit organizations in addressing
8 food insecurity. The Department shall be responsible for administering the program.
9 SECTION 1.(b) Reporting Requirements. – The Department shall submit a report
10 by September 30 of each year to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and
11 Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations
12 Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the Senate
13 Appropriations Committee on Natural and Economic Resources, and the Fiscal Research
14 Division. This report shall include the allocation of grant funds and the amount of all expenditures
15 of the funds during the prior fiscal year.
16 SECTION 1.(c) Administrative Expenses. – Of the funds appropriated to the
17 Department, up to three percent (3%) may be used to administer the grant program.
18 SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
19 Agriculture and Consumer Services the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in
20 nonrecurring funds for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to be used for purposes consistent with this act.
21 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
*DRH40596-NIa-185*