Bill Text: CA SB699 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Food banks: Food Bank Advisory Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB699 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB699-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 699 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
An act to amend Section 58509 of the Food and Agriculture Code,
relating to food banks.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 699, as introduced, McGuire. Food banks: Food Bank Advisory
Committee.
Existing law establishes the Food Bank Advisory Committee and
requires the committee to advise the Department of Food and
Agriculture on the establishment of new food banks and to advise on
the adequate and efficient distribution of surplus food commodities
to all areas of the state. Existing law requires that the committee
be comprised of, among other members, 2 food bank representatives
from the northern portion of the state and 2 food bank
representatives from the southern portion of the state.
This bill would specify that the northern portion of the state is
the area located above 37 degrees north of latitude and that the
southern portion of the state is the area located below 37 degrees
north of latitude. The bill would expand the committee's duties to
include advising the department on the merging and separation of food
banks within the state. The bill would also make nonsubstantive
changes, including recasting some provisions of existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 58509 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
58509. (a) (1) The Secretary of
Food and Agriculture secretary shall consult
with the Food Bank Advisory Committee, which shall be made up of
four food bank representatives, two from the northern
portion of the state, all of whom have been active members of a
nationwide network of food banks for a minimum of two years
immediately prior to appointment, and two from the southern portion
of the state, all of whom have been active members of a nationwide
network of food banks for a minimum of two years immediately prior to
appointment, representatives and two food
industry representatives, one wholesaler and one
manufacturer, all of whom shall be selected by the Governor
and referred to as the Food Bank Advisory Committee
.
(2) The food bank representatives shall be comprised of two
representatives from the northern portion of the state and two
representatives from the southern portion of the state, all of whom
have been active members of a nationwide network of food banks for at
least two years immediately before appointment. For purposes of this
section, the northern portion of the state is the area located above
37 degrees north of latitude and the southern portion of the state
is the area located below 37 degrees north of latitude.
(3) The two food industry representatives shall be comprised of
one wholesaler and one manufacturer.
(b) Members of the committee who are not state employees shall be
paid per diem for their actual expenses in attending committee
meetings.
(c) The committee shall do all of the following:
(1) Advise the Department of Food and Agriculture in
department on the establishment of new food
banks.
(2) Advise the department on the merging and separation of food
banks within the state.
(2)
(3) Advise in on the
adequate and efficient distribution of surplus food commodities to
all areas of the state.
