A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO issue a request for proposals to FACILITATE ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENTS BY electronic funds transfer AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Social Services, for the 2010‑2011 fiscal year, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be used by the Department to issue a request for proposals from qualified vendors to facilitate the ability of local farmers markets to accept payments by electronic funds transfer.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.