130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1299
H.P. 955 House of Representatives, March 30, 2021
An Act To Permit Emergency Funding for Food Banks When a
State of Emergency is Declared
Reference to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PAULHUS of Bath.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BAILEY of Gorham, BERRY of Bowdoinham, HEPLER of
Woolwich, MATLACK of St. George, McCREIGHT of Harpswell, TEPLER of Topsham,
Senator: VITELLI of Sagadahoc.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1532, sub-§9 is enacted to read:
3 9. Emergency funding for nonprofit food banks. During a state of emergency
4 declared in accordance with Title 37-B, section 742, subsection 1, the Governor may
5 distribute up to $400,000 from the stabilization fund to nonprofit entities, including food
6 banks, food pantries and soup kitchens, that provide or distribute food to low-income,
7 indigent or unemployed individuals or households without charge.
8 SUMMARY
9 This bill authorizes the Governor to distribute up to $400,000 from the Maine Budget
10 Stabilization Fund during a state of emergency to nonprofit entities, including food banks,
11 food pantries and soup kitchens, that provide or distribute food to low-income, indigent or
12 unemployed individuals or households without charge.
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