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Rural Resources; the Department of Corrections; the Department of | Education; the Department of Health and Human Services; the | Department of Marine Resources; and the Bureau of Child and Family | Services. Representation from other state agencies, local | institutions or from the private sector shall be chosen by the | State Purchasing Agent who shall serve as chairman of the advisory | committee. | | representatives from each of the following agencies to serve on the | | advisory committee: the Department of Education; the Department of | | Marine Resources; the Department of Corrections; the Department of | | Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of Purchases; the | | Executive Department, State Planning Office; the Department of | | Health and Human Services; the University of Maine System; and the | | Maine Community College System. |
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| | | Sec. C-3. 7 MRSA §302, as amended by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. DDD, §21, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. C-4. 7 MRSA §471, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 58, §1 and amended | | by PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §7, is further amended to read: |
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| | | §471. Farmers' Market Program |
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| | | The department, in cooperation | | Commissioner of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's | designee, shall adopt rules to institute and administer a program | | to promote the purchase of state-grown and processed food | | products at local farmers' markets and farmstands by | | nutritionally at-risk groups through programs administered by the | | Department of Health and Human Services under Title 22, chapter | | 851. |
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| | | Sec. C-5. Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to convene food | | policy working group. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and | | Rural Resources shall convene a working group to review statutory | | provisions and examine emerging issues relating to food policy | | and to assist the commissioner in developing and articulating a | | food policy for the State. In addition to state agencies | | represented on the advisory committee established under the Maine | | Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 214, the commissioner shall | | invite participation by the University of Maine Cooperative | | Extension, the Maine Farm Bureau, the Maine Organic Farmers and | | Gardeners Association, the Agriculture Council of Maine, a | | regional or statewide coalition organized to promote the | | consumption of locally grown foods and farmers. The commissioner | | may invite persons from the private sector to participate in the | | working group, including representatives of grocers associations | | and food distributors. The commissioner shall send notices and |
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