Bill Text: TX HB3668 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to grants for disaster response by nonprofit food banks.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3668 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3668-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3668 |
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relating to grants for disaster response by nonprofit food banks. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 418.026 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 418.026. GRANTS FOR DISASTER RESPONSE BY NONPROFIT | ||
FOOD BANKS. (a) In this section, "nonprofit food bank" means a | ||
nonprofit organization that solicits, warehouses, and | ||
redistributes edible food to agencies that feed needy families and | ||
individuals. | ||
(b) Using money available for the purpose, the office of the | ||
governor shall establish a program to provide grants to nonprofit | ||
organizations in this state for distribution to nonprofit food | ||
banks to build the capacity of the nonprofit food banks to respond | ||
to disasters. | ||
(c) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a | ||
nonprofit organization must: | ||
(1) have at least five years of experience | ||
coordinating a statewide network of nonprofit food banks and | ||
charitable organizations that distribute food to needy or low | ||
income individuals during disasters; and | ||
(2) be a member of the Texas Voluntary Organizations | ||
Active in Disaster. | ||
(d) Grant money awarded under this section may be used only | ||
to reimburse a nonprofit food bank for all or part of the costs | ||
incurred by the nonprofit food bank as a result of: | ||
(1) maintaining an inventory of emergency food boxes | ||
in preparation for a disaster; | ||
(2) purchasing, storing, and transporting food for | ||
distribution during a disaster; and | ||
(3) purchasing capital equipment necessary to operate | ||
during a disaster, including back-up generators, mobile food | ||
pantries, trucks, meal preparation units, forklifts, technology, | ||
and other equipment. | ||
(e) The office of the governor shall establish procedures to | ||
administer the grant program, including a procedure for the | ||
submission of a proposal and a procedure to be used by the office to | ||
evaluate a proposal. | ||
(f) The office of the governor shall enter into a contract | ||
that includes performance requirements with each grant recipient. | ||
The office shall monitor and enforce the terms of the contract. The | ||
contract must authorize the office to recoup grant money from a | ||
grant recipient for failure of the grant recipient to comply with | ||
the terms of the contract. | ||
(g) The office of the governor may solicit and accept gifts, | ||
grants, and donations from any source for the purpose of awarding | ||
grants under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. The office of the governor is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the office may, but is not required to, implement a | ||
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 21, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3668 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 25, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3668 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |