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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60 – Hunger/food insecurity awareness

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60

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HCR060.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH - Stating findings of the
Legislature concerning hunger and food insecurity in Idaho and designating
the month of October 2006 as "Hunger and Food Insecurity Awareness Month";
commending efforts to address hunger and food insecurity; and encouraging
Idahoans to support and actively participate in the 2006 Idaho Summit on
Hunger and Food Security.
                                                                        
03/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/03    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/06    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/08    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Henbest
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/14    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/15    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Stegner
    Title apvd - to House
03/16    To enrol
03/17    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/20    Pres signed
03/21    To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 60
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONCERNING HUNGER AND FOOD  INSECURITY  IN
  3        IDAHO  AND DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2006 AS "HUNGER AND FOOD INSE-
  4        CURITY AWARENESS MONTH," COMMENDING EFFORTS TO  ADDRESS  HUNGER  AND  FOOD
  5        INSECURITY AND ENCOURAGING IDAHOANS TO SUPPORT AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN
  6        THE 2006 IDAHO SUMMIT ON HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS,  the Hunger in America 2006 Idaho Report has documented that hun-
  9    ger and food insecurity are serious  problems  that  affect  at  least  89,700
 10    Idahoans every year; and
 11        WHEREAS,  every Idahoan should have enough to eat and sufficient nutrition
 12    to carry out the daily tasks of life and work; and
 13        WHEREAS, the charitable food banking network is playing a  Herculean  role
 14    in responding to hunger and food insecurity in Idaho; and
 15        WHEREAS,  Idaho's  hunger  and  food  insecurity  cannot  be solved solely
 16    through the efforts of emergency food banks, soup kitchens, and shelters; and
 17        WHEREAS, the Idaho  Interfaith  Roundtable  Against  Hunger,  representing
 18    Idahoans  of all faiths, issued a Call to Action on February 23, 2006, seeking
 19    support for an Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security to be held in the fall
 20    of 2006; and
 21        WHEREAS, the Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security will bring  together
 22    concerned  Idahoans  to  examine the problems of hunger and food insecurity in
 23    Idaho and to seek solutions to those problems; and
 24        WHEREAS, the Governor's Coordinating Council on Families and Children  has
 25    called for support for the Idaho Summit on Hunger and Food Security; and
 26        WHEREAS,  the  food  banking  and  interfaith communities are committed to
 27    raising the funds necessary to support the Idaho Summit  on  Hunger  and  Food
 28    Security  to  ensure  that  the  Summit  will have no budgetary impact for the
 29    state.
 30        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 31    sion  of  the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 32    the Senate concurring therein, that October 2006  is  designated  "Hunger  and
 33    Food  Insecurity  Awareness  Month,"  that the efforts of the Idaho Interfaith
 34    Roundtable Against Hunger to convene a fall 2006 Idaho Summit  on  Hunger  and
 35    Food  Security  are  commended,  and  encouraging  all Idahoans to support and
 36    actively participate in the Summit.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16168

This legislation provides for a House Concurrent Resolution
stating findings of the legislature concerning hunger and food
insecurity in Idaho and designating the month of October 2006 as
"Hunger and Food Insecurity Awareness Month," commending efforts
to address hunger and food insecurity and encouraging Idahoans to
support and actively participate in the 2006 Idaho Summit on
Hunger and Food Security.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There will be no fiscal impact to the general fund.





Contact
Name: Rep. Margaret Henbest 
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        HCR 60