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Amend the amendment by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Transfer of funds. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund $1,000,000 no later than June 30, 2020 and $1,000,000 no later than June 30, 2021 from the Medical Use of Marijuana Fund, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2430.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Statewide Hunger Relief Program N230
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to contract with a nonprofit organization that provides statewide hunger relief services to allow that organization to engage in statewide hunger relief services, including, but not limited to, the purchase of food from Maine food producers and processors, to provide grants to local hunger relief programs and to pay the operational and distribution expenses of the organization.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	

SUMMARY
This amendment reduces the annual appropriation to $1,000,000 from $1,500,000 as proposed in Committee Amendment "A" and requires $1,000,000 to be transferred in fiscal year 2019-20 and fiscal year 2020-21 from the Medical Use of Marijuana Fund to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund.