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Senate panel amends grocery grant language, cuts appropriation to $5 million and advances bill
Summary
The Senate appropriations subcommittee amended Senate Bill 2390 to add an explicit rural grocery-store purpose, cap grants at $500,000, require 50 percent of funds for communities with fewer than 1,000 residents, reduce the appropriation from $30 million to $5 million, and advanced the bill to the next committee step.
The Senate appropriations Government Operations Division amended Senate Bill 2390 on changes to regional grant authority, adding language to allow grants “for the purpose of preserving or reopening rural grocery stores in a rural community,” capping individual awards at $500,000 and reducing the bill’s appropriation from $30,000,000 to $5,000,000. Committee members also approved language requiring 50 percent of available monies be allocated to communities with populations under 1,000.
The changes were presented and moved by Senator Dwyer, who said he would "make a motion to amend and then a motion to further amend," and were explained in detail by Levi, staff, who told the committee: "When the bill was introduced, that was…
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