Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§1-B is enacted to read:

1-B. Maine Food Expenses 7 MRSA

Agriculture PolicyOnly Upon §216

Council Request and

Determination

of Financial

Hardship

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §2-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. B, §11 and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA c. 8-A, as amended, is further amended by repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its place:

CHAPTER 8-A

FOOD AND FOOD POLICY

SUBCHAPTER 1

PURCHASE OF FOODSTUFFS FROM MAINE

Sec. 4. 7 MRSA c. 8-A, sub-c. 2 is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 2

FOOD POLICY

§216. Maine Food Policy Council

The Maine Food Policy Council established in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 1-B is referred to in this subchapter as "the council."__Membership and duties of the council are as provided in this section.

1. Members. The council consists of 15 members appointed as follows:

A. Two members of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agricultural matters, one appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed by the Speaker of the House;

B.__One member of the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over matters pertaining to marine fisheries appointed by the President of the Senate;