AN ACT to aPPROPRIATE funds from the CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND for the north carolina state extension food safety lab to develop methods to safely reduce food waste in response to the covid‑19 pandemic.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Definitions. – For the purposes of this act, the following definitions apply:

(1)        Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. – Funds received by the State of North Carolina from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund created by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117‑2.

(2)        COVID‑19. – Coronavirus disease 2019.

SECTION 2.(a)  There is appropriated to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to be allocated to North Carolina State University for the North Carolina State Extension Food Safety Lab to develop standard operating procedures and training for how to safely recover unserved prepared food for the purpose of reducing food waste in response to the COVID‑19 pandemic.

SECTION 2.(b)  Use of Funds. – Of the funds appropriated from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund by this act, funds shall only be used for necessary eligible expenditures in accordance with federal law and guidance. These funds shall be available for expenditure until the deadline provided by federal law.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.