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   AMENDMENT NO. _____

GOOD/CHARLTON

April 23, 2025

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Clerk of the Senate

   ADOPTION NO. _____

BILL NO: H.4025  (Reference is to Printer's Date 04/22/25-S.)

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 Senator DEVINE proposes the following amendment (DG\4025C013.CC.DG25.DOCX):

 Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 607, after line 14, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (SR: Food desert pilot program) (A) In the current fiscal year, the Department of Revenue, in consultation with the Department of Commerce, shall operate a pilot program that provides incentives to a grocer that opens a new location in a food desert or to a taxpayer that operates a business in a food desert that changes its business strategy or inventory so as to become a grocer in a food desert. Incentives may include, but are not limited to tax credits, deductions, and sales tax refunds. The Department of Revenue may utilize interest earned on unclaimed refunds to fund the program. The department shall issue a report to the General Assembly by June first of the current fiscal year detailing the expenditures and results of the program.

(B) For purposes of this proviso:

(1) "Food desert" means an area in which at least thirty-three percent of the population lives more than one mile from a grocery store or supermarket.

(2) "Grocer" means a retail establishment that sells primarily fruits, vegetables, meats, dairy products, and whole grains.  /

 Renumber sections to conform.

 Amend sections, totals and title to conform.