Bill Text: NJ A2644 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the Dept. of Agriculture to establish a clearinghouse website for farmers to offer produce and dairy products for use by school breakfast programs, school lunch programs, and food banks.*

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-25 - Approved P.L.2014, c.41. [A2644 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2644-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2644

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 20, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RONALD S. DANCER

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman  BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman  PARKER SPACE

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman  GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman McHose

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Directs the Dept. of Agriculture to establish a clearinghouse website for farmers to offer produce and dairy products for use by school breakfast programs, school lunch programs, and food banks.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Women and Children Committee on March 10, 2014, with amendments.

 

An Act establishing a farmer clearinghouse website for use by school breakfast programs ¹[and],¹  school lunch programs,  ¹and food banks,¹ and supplementing Title ¹[18A] 4¹ of the ¹[New Jersey] Revised¹ Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  The Department of Agriculture¹, in consultation with the Departments of Education and Health,¹ shall develop and establish¹, or partner with a nonprofit organization to develop and establish,¹ a website  to serve as a  clearinghouse for farmers to provide produce and dairy products to school breakfast programs ¹[and],¹ school lunch programs¹, and food banks¹ throughout the State.  The website shall provide a forum for farmers with produce and dairy products ¹[available for use by school breakfast and lunch programs]¹ to connect with any school ¹[or],¹ school district¹, or food bank¹ with a need for ¹[the]¹ produce or dairy products ¹[for its] available for use by¹ school breakfast or lunch ¹[program] programs or for donations by a food bank¹.

     b.    The Department of Agriculture may adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect ¹[immediately] 12 months after the date of enactment¹.