PRINTER'S NO. 683
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
713
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, CEPHAS, BURGOS, SANCHEZ, A. DAVIS, LEE,
HILL-EVANS, KIRKLAND, PASHINSKI, D. WILLIAMS, T. DAVIS,
SCHWEYER, GUZMAN, FRANKEL, SHUSTERMAN, SCHLOSSBERG,
PISCIOTTANO, DRISCOLL, SIMS, CIRESI, KINKEAD, INNAMORATO,
GALLOWAY, N. NELSON, ROZZI AND PARKER, MARCH 1, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
MARCH 1, 2021
AN ACT
Providing for the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative;
and imposing powers and duties on the Department of
Agriculture.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Fresh Food
Financing Initiative Act.
Section 2. Purpose.
The purpose of this act is to establish financing for a State
program designed to increase the availability of fresh and
nutritious food, known as the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing
Initiative, by stimulating investment of capital, job creation,
economic vitality and financing for the construction,
rehabilitation or expansion of grocery stores, farmers markets
or other healthy food retail establishments in underserved and
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