HOUSE BILL 115

52nd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2016

INTRODUCED BY

Jimmie C. Hall and Brian Egolf

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO EXPAND THE PROVISIONS OF LOCALLY GROWN NEW MEXICO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR SCHOOL LUNCHES IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUPPLIED BY FARMER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal year 2017 and subsequent fiscal years for the New Mexico department of agriculture to expand its program providing locally grown New Mexico fresh fruits and vegetables for public school lunch programs to school districts in north-central and south-central New Mexico in areas with farmer training programs. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

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