Bill Text: CT HB05144 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5144 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Farmers' Market Vouchers For Senior Citizens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB05144 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05144-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5144*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 531
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FARMERS' MARKET VOUCHERS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 22-6q of the general statutes be amended to increase funding for the Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program in order to increase the amount of the vouchers issued under said program from eighteen dollars to twenty-one dollars.

Statement of Purpose:

To enable senior citizens to have greater access to nutritional foods.