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Appropriations committee advances $5 million toward new Great Plains Food Bank distribution facility
Summary
Lawmakers amended an initial $10 million ask for a statewide charitable food distribution and logistics facility down to $5 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund, and the Appropriations Committee voted to recommend the amended appropriation to the full House.
Representative Mike Belz presented House Bill 1143, which originally proposed a $10 million appropriation to the Agriculture Commissioner for grants to support a statewide charitable food distribution and logistics facility. The committee amendment reduced the request to $5 million from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund for 2025–27; the Appropriations Committee recommended the amended bill.
Belz described the Great Plains Food Bank as the identified collaborator and summarized its operations: the food bank’s annual budget is about $10.8 million and, he said, in 2024 the…
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