BILL NUMBER: AB 2635	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Assembly Members Dodd
(Chair), Gallagher (Vice Chair), Gray, Grove, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer,
Mathis, Quirk, and Salas)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 104664 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2635, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Public health:
food access.
   Existing law, until July 1, 2017, creates the California Healthy
Food Financing Initiative. The initiative required, by July 1, 2012,
the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to prepare recommendations, to
be presented upon request to the Legislature, regarding actions that
need to be taken to promote food access in the state. The initiative
establishes the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative Council
and requires the council to implement the initiative, as specified.
The initiative authorizes the secretary to establish an advisory
group, as specified. The initiative creates the California Healthy
Food Financing Initiative Fund in the State Treasury, comprised of
federal, state, philanthropic, and private funds, for the purpose of
expanding access to healthy foods in underserved communities and, to
the extent practicable, to leverage other funding, as specified.
Under existing law, moneys in the fund may be expended upon
appropriation by the Legislature.
   This bill would extend the effectiveness of these provisions until
July 1, 2023.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 104664 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   104664.  This article shall remain in effect only until July 1,
 2017,   2023,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2018,   2024,  deletes or
extends that date.