HOUSE BILL 164

48th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2008

INTRODUCED BY

Rhonda S. King

AN ACT

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

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 board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years for the New Mexico department of agriculture to purchase New Mexico-grown fresh fruits and vegetables and to administer a program ensuring that the fresh fruits and vegetables are delivered to school lunch programs statewide. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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