86R13674 AAF-D
 
  By: Walle H.B. No. 3668
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to grants awarded to nonprofit food banks for disaster
  response.
         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.  DISASTER GRANTS FOR 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)  The office of the governor shall establish a program to
  provide grants to nonprofit food banks in this state to build the
  capacity of nonprofit food banks to respond to disasters.
         (c)  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
  through a disaster, including back-up generators, mobile food
  pantries, trucks, meal preparation units, forklifts, technology,
  and other equipment.
         (d)  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.
         (e)  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.
         (f)  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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.