HOUSE BILL 96

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2015

INTRODUCED BY

Jimmie C. Hall

FOR THE ECONOMIC AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE NEW MEXICO GROWN FRESH FRUITS AND FRESH VEGETABLES FOR SCHOOL MEALS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million four hundred forty thousand dollars ($1,440,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal years for the purchase and distribution of New Mexico grown fresh fruits and fresh vegetables to school districts, charter schools and juvenile detention centers through the department's school meal programs, and for a full-time-equivalent position to administer and promote this initiative. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.