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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 756
December 6, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives CONSIDINE, JACOBSON, EMERSON,
SNODGRASS, RATCLIFF, JOERS, SHANKLAND, CONLEY, ANDRACA, C. ANDERSON,
OHNSTAD, SHELTON, J. ANDERSON, STUBBS, DRAKE, BARE, CLANCY, SUBECK,
HAYWOOD, MADISON and NEUBAUER, cosponsored by Senators PFAFF, SPREITZER,
TAYLOR, CARPENTER, ROYS, SMITH, LARSON and HESSELBEIN. Referred to
Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
AN ACT to create 20.115 (4) (av) and 93.60 of the statutes; relating to: creating
a food security grant program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
to provide grants to food banks, food pantries, and other nonprofit organizations to
purchase Wisconsin food products. The bill creates a new biennial appropriation of
$15,000,000 to DATCP for this purpose.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 756
2023-24 2024-25
20.115Agriculture, trade and consumer
protection, department of
(4) AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE
(av)Food security grants GPR B 7,500,000 7,500,000
SECTION 2. 20.115 (4) (av) of the statutes is created to read:
20.115 (4) (av) Food security grants. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule
for food security grants under s. 93.60.
SECTION 3. 93.60 of the statutes is created to read:
93.60 Food security grant program. The department may award grants
from the appropriation under s. 20.115 (4) (av) to nonprofit food banks, nonprofit food
pantries, and other nonprofit organizations that provide food assistance for the
purpose of purchasing food products that are made or grown in this state.
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