HOUSE BILL 132

55th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2021

INTRODUCED BY

Joanne J. Ferrary and Melanie Ann Stansbury

and Karen C. Bash and Linda Serrato

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD BANKS STATEWIDE WITH NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS.

 

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

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars ($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2022 for providing emergency food banks statewide with nonperishable food items to help combat the increased hunger rates statewide caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2022 shall revert to the general fund.

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