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Committee approves study authorizing grocery‑initiative grants to address food access
Summary
House Bill 1222 directs the Department of Economic Development to develop a grocery initiative enabling grants and incentives to attract grocers to underserved areas; committee adopted amendments narrowing language and reported the bill as amended (16‑2).
House Bill 1222, presented by Representative Lyons, would authorize the Louisiana Department of Economic Development (LED) to design a grocery initiative — a permissive program to create grant and incentive mechanisms targeted at areas identified as food deserts.
Lyons said the measure is intended to let LED create a framework for grants and incentives that could be used in rural and low‑income urban neighborhoods to attract independent grocers…
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