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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 661
Introduced by Ibach, 44.
Read first time January 18, 2023
Committee: Health and Human Services
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to appropriations; to appropriate funds from
2 the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services for
3 grants for food security; and to declare an emergency.
4 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 from the General
2 Fund for FY2023-24 to the Department of Health and Human Services for the
3 purpose of creating a program to award grants to nonprofit organizations
4 for regional or local capacity and food security to decrease Nebraska's
5 reliance on national supply chains, support local businesses, create
6 local and regional economic resilience, encourage healthy eating habits,
7 reduce food deserts, and support partnerships between local businesses
8 and producers meeting the greatest needs statewide in the most efficient
9 and sustainable manner.
10 Sec. 2. Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
11 passed and approved according to law.
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