Delaware General Assembly

Senate Elections & Government Affairs 3/21/24

Awaiting consideration in Committee

3/21/24

Brown

Sen. Hoffner, Townsend
Reps. Chukwuocha, Baumbach, Neal

Sen. Gay, Lockman, Mantzavinos, Pinkney, Wilson
Reps. Griffith, K. Johnson, S. Moore, K. Williams

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FOOD DESERTS.

This Act creates the Delaware Grocery Initiative. It directs the Office of State Planning Coordination (“Office”) to study food insecurity in urban and rural food deserts. The Act defines a food desert and directs the Office to expand access to healthy foods in food deserts by providing financial assistance to grocery stores, independently owned for-profit grocery stores, cooperative grocery stores, non-profit grocery stores as well as grocery stores owned and operated by local governmental units. The Act provides the Office with authority to enter into contracts, grants, or other agreements to administer grants and other financial support, including technical assistance. It further authorizes the Office to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement and administer this initiative.

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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