Arizona-2018-SB1245-Chaptered

Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

CHAPTER 334

SENATE BILL 1245

AN ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of economic security.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Appropriation; department of economic security; supplemental nutrition assistance program; reversion; definitions

A. The sum of $400,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2018‑2019 from the state general fund to the department of economic security for the following purposes:

1. To plan, prepare and develop the infrastructure necessary to implement a produce incentive program for supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollees to purchase eligible Arizona‑grown fruits and vegetables at SNAP‑authorized farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets, community supported agriculture sites and grocery stores.

2. To provide matching monies of up to twenty dollars per participating SNAP‑authorized site per day for an enrollee in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to purchase eligible Arizona‑grown fruits and vegetables at the participating SNAP‑authorized site.

3. To conduct research and evaluate the produce incentive program and the impact of the program on purchases made by supplemental nutrition assistance program enrollees and producers of Arizona‑grown fruits and vegetables.

B. Monies appropriated in subsection A of this section:

1. May not be spent without matching contributions from federal, local or private sources, or any combination of those sources.� Matching contributions include monies or in‑kind contributions.

2. May be spent in fiscal years 2018‑2019 and 2019‑2020. All monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2020 revert to the state general fund.

C. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Eligible Arizona‑grown fruits and vegetables" means any Arizona‑grown variety of fresh, canned, dried or frozen whole or cut fruits and vegetables that do not contain added sugars, fats, oils or salt.

2. "SNAP" means the supplemental nutrition assistance program.