86R13674 AAF-D
By: Creighton S.B. No. 2334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to grants awarded to nonprofit food banks for disaster
response.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.026. DISASTER GRANTS FOR NONPROFIT FOOD BANKS.
(a) In this section, "nonprofit food bank" means a nonprofit
organization that solicits, warehouses, and redistributes edible
food to agencies that feed needy families and individuals.
(b) The office of the governor shall establish a program to
provide grants to nonprofit food banks in this state to build the
capacity of nonprofit food banks to respond to disasters.
(c) Grant money awarded under this section may be used only
to reimburse a nonprofit food bank for all or part of the costs
incurred by the nonprofit food bank as a result of:
(1) maintaining an inventory of emergency food boxes
in preparation for a disaster;
(2) purchasing, storing, and transporting food for
distribution during a disaster; and
(3) purchasing capital equipment necessary to operate
through a disaster, including back-up generators, mobile food
pantries, trucks, meal preparation units, forklifts, technology,
and other equipment.
(d) The office of the governor shall establish procedures to
administer the grant program, including a procedure for the
submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the office to
evaluate a proposal.
(e) The office of the governor shall enter into a contract
that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient.
The office shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The
contract must authorize the office to recoup grant money from a
grant recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with
the terms of the contract.
(f) The office of the governor may solicit and accept gifts,
grants, and donations from any source for the purpose of awarding
grants under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.