H. B. 4755
(By Delegates Boggs, C. White and Kelley)
[Introduced February 25, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article eight, chapter
nine of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred
thirty-one, as amended, relating to transferring
responsibility for administering the "charity food bank
assistance fund" from the department of health and human
resources to the department of agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article eight, chapter nine of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. CHARITY FOOD BANKS.
§9-8-11. Charity food bank assistance fund; restriction.
A charity food bank assistance fund is established which shall
consist of moneys provided by appropriation. A charity food bank which meets the minimum standards for food banks may qualify,
subject to available moneys, for assistance from this fund for any
of its operations.
Beginning on the first day of July, two thousand, assistance
granted pursuant to this article shall be administered by the
commissioner of the department of human services agriculture. No
more than five percent of the assistance granted to a charity food
bank pursuant to this article may be used for administrative
purposes.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to transfer responsibility
for administering the "charity food bank assistance fund" from the
department of health and human resources to the department of
agriculture.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.