A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds for the north carolina food banks.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year and the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2006‑2007 fiscal year. These funds shall be allocated equally among the following North Carolina food banks:
(1)	MANNA Food Bank (Asheville).
(2)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina (Charlotte).
(3)	The Food Bank of the Albemarle (Elizabeth City).
(4)	The Second Harvest Food Bank of Southeastern North Carolina (Fayetteville).
(5)	The Food Bank of North Carolina (Raleigh).
(6)	Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina (Winston‑Salem).
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.