HB 11-1062 Summary

• Directs the interagency farm-to-school coordination task force, created by Senate Bill 10-081, to study feasibility of implementing a farm-to-school program pilot in San Luis Valley schools using locally cultivated produce

• Requires the task force to specifically evaluate methods to incorporate geothermally heated greenhouses into the San Luis Valley farm-to-school program pilot, including student education about geothermal resources

• Mandates the task force include its findings and recommendations for the San Luis Valley farm-to-school program pilot in its required report

• Amends Section 22-82.6-104 of the Colorado Revised Statutes to add new subsection (3.5) establishing these study requirements

• Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 10, 2011) unless subject to referendum petition, in which case it requires voter approval at the November 2012 general election