71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1011
 
                         House Bill 2253
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Housing and Community Services Department)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Expands membership of interagency coordinating council for
meeting problem of hunger.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to hunger relief; amending ORS 458.525.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 458.525 is amended to read:
  458.525. (1) The Housing and Community Services Department
shall serve as the lead agency to coordinate state efforts in
meeting the problem of hunger. The Director of the Housing and
Community Services Department shall establish an interagency
coordinating council consisting of representatives of the Housing
and Community Services Department,  { + the Department of
Corrections, the Economic and Community Development Department,
the State Commission on Children and Families,  + }the Department
of Education, the State Department of Agriculture, the Department
of Human Services and the Divisions of Adult and Family Services,
Senior and Disabled Services and Health.
  (2) The administrative heads of the agencies listed in
subsection (1) of this section shall serve on the council or
shall designate an agency representative who has an agency
policy-making role affecting hunger, food programs, nutrition and
related areas.
  (3) The council shall be responsible for:
  (a) Implementing recommendations of the Hunger Relief Task
Force;
  (b) Ensuring that food and nutrition programs operate
efficiently and effectively;
  (c) Monitoring federal programs;
  (d) Encouraging coordination of state and local programs and of
public and private organizations engaged in food distribution
programs; and
  (e) Making recommendations to affected agencies and programs.
  (4) The Director of the Housing and Community Services
Department shall convene council meetings at least quarterly.
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