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1		-	H.B. No. 3668
	1	+	By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 3668
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 6, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
	4	+	Rural Affairs; May 20, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3668 By: Creighton
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to grants for disaster response by nonprofit food banks.
6	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	15		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
8	16		amended by adding Section 418.026 to read as follows:
9	17		Sec. 418.026. GRANTS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE BY NONPROFIT
10	18		FOOD BANKS. (a) In this section, "nonprofit food bank" means a
11	19		nonprofit organization that solicits, warehouses, and
12	20		redistributes edible food to agencies that feed needy families and
13	21		individuals.
14	22		(b) Using money available for the purpose, the office of the
15	23		governor shall establish a program to provide grants to nonprofit
16	24		organizations in this state for distribution to nonprofit food
17	25		banks to build the capacity of the nonprofit food banks to respond
18	26		to disasters.
19	27		(c) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a
20	28		nonprofit organization must:
21	29		(1) have at least five years of experience
22	30		coordinating a statewide network of nonprofit food banks and
23	31		charitable organizations that distribute food to needy or low
24	32		income individuals during disasters; and
25	33		(2) be a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations
26	34		Active in Disaster.
27	35		(d) Grant money awarded under this section may be used only
28	36		to reimburse a nonprofit food bank for all or part of the costs
29	37		incurred by the nonprofit food bank as a result of:
30	38		(1) maintaining an inventory of emergency food boxes
31	39		in preparation for a disaster;
32	40		(2) purchasing, storing, and transporting food for
33	41		distribution during a disaster; and
34	42		(3) purchasing capital equipment necessary to operate
35	43		during a disaster, including back-up generators, mobile food
36	44		pantries, trucks, meal preparation units, forklifts, technology,
37	45		and other equipment.
38	46		(e) The office of the governor shall establish procedures to
39	47		administer the grant program, including a procedure for the
40	48		submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the office to
41	49		evaluate a proposal.
42	50		(f) The office of the governor shall enter into a contract
43	51		that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient.
44	52		The office shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The
45	53		contract must authorize the office to recoup grant money from a
46	54		grant recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with
47	55		the terms of the contract.
48	56		(g) The office of the governor may solicit and accept gifts,
49	57		grants, and donations from any source for the purpose of awarding
50	58		grants under this section.
51	59		SECTION 2. The office of the governor is required to
52	60		implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
53	61		appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
54	62		legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
55	63		purpose, the office may, but is not required to, implement a
56	64		provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
57	65		purpose.
58	66		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
59		-	______________________________ ______________________________
60		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
61		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the House on May 3,
62		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 21, 2 present, not
63		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
64		-	No. 3668 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 25,
65		-	2 present, not voting.
66		-	______________________________
67		-	Chief Clerk of the House
68		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the Senate, with
69		-	amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
70		-	0.
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Secretary of the Senate
73		-	APPROVED: __________________
74		-	Date
75		-	__________________
76		-	Governor
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