SB 370 — Revises provisions relating to food policy. (BDR 50-824)

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370–C OMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES M ARCH 25, 2021 ____________ Referred to Committee on Natural Resources SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to food policy.

(BDR 50-824) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

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(NRS 232.4968) Existing Supplementallaw Foodrequires Programthe toDirector supplementof the supplyState Department of foodAgriculture andto servicesablishestablish a provided by programs which provide food to indigent persons.

Such purchases must be madeSectionmade 1.7with offunds thisfrom bill creates the HomeDonated FeedsCommodities NevadaAccount. Agriculture Food) Purchase Program to supplement the supply to nutritious food which is available to persons through food banks and certain other providers in this State.

(NRS 561.485, 561.495) Section 1.7 -of *SB370_R1*this –bill 2creates –the Home Feeds Nevada Agriculture Food Purchase Program to supplement the supply to nutritious food which is available to authorizes the Director to solicit and accept any gift, grant or donation for the Program, and section 1.5 creates the Nutritious Food Purchase Account in the State General Fund into which any money obtained by the Director for the Program must whichbe thedeposited. Director may purchase nutritious food that is grown, produced orough processed in this State.

Section 1.7 requires the Director to develop a procedure through which the Director may purchase nutritious food that is grown, produced or processed in this State.

Section 1.7 requires such food banks to distribute the nutritious food to persons, emergency food pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters based on need in the area that the food bank serves.

Section 1.7 therequires amounteach offood nutritiousbank foodto thatsubmit wasa distributedquarterly byreport to the foodDirector bank;concerning:

and(1) (2) the (1)amount manner of suchnutritious distribution.food that was distributed by the food bank;

and (2) the manner of such distribution.

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The interest and income earned on the money in the Account must be credited to the Account.AccSec.

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- *SB370_R1* – 3 – The money in the Nutritious Food Purchase Account must only be used to pay reasonable expenses related to:

Upon receiving the nutritious food pursuant to subsection 3, a food bank shall distribute at no cost the nutritious food to persons, emergency food pantries, soup kitchens or homelesshomelessood to shelters, based on need, in the area that the food bank serves.

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(a) The amount of nutritious food that was distributed pur(b) The manner in which the nutritious food was distributed pursuant to subsection 4;4.

and (b) The manner in which the nutritious food was distributed pursuant to subsection 4.

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