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AL SB217
Bill
Status
4/19/2023
Primary Sponsor
Bobby Singleton
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AI Summary
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Renames the Healthy Food Financing Fund to the Healthy Food Fund and expands eligible recipients to include food resource providers such as food banks, food pantries, and mobile food vehicles in addition to grocery stores.
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Limits fund sources to grants only, removing loans, federal tax credits, and other financial assistance mechanisms previously available.
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Expands eligible uses of grants to include building, construction, renovation, expansion, rehabilitation, and build-out costs for both grocery stores and food resource providers in underserved low or moderate income communities.
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Requires applicants to stock fresh produce and nutritious foods for at least one year (reduced from five years) and allocate at least 30 percent of food retail space for perishable foods, with compliance monitoring and local hiring promotion.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to underserved communities; to amend Sections 41-23-150, 41-23-151, 41-23-152, and 41-23-153, Code of Alabama 1975, to change the name of the Healthy Food Financing Fund; to further provide for the types of facilities where monies can be used; to further provide for the ways monies can be used; and to limit the sources of funding available under the program.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
4/19/2023