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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sasha Bradley
[mailto:sashabradley@okhouse.gov] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 08, 2010 3:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sasha Bradley<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Measure to Provide Incentives to Open Healthy Grocery Stores
Passes House<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Cash Outline"'>Oklahoma House of Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Cash Outline"'>Media Division<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>March 8, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<o:p></o:p></u></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contact: State Rep. Seneca Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Capitol: (405) 557-7391<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Measure to Provide Incentives to Open Healthy Grocery
Stores Passes House<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OKLAHOMA CITY –Oklahomans may soon see more grocery
stores thanks to state Rep. Seneca Scott’s legislation to provide
incentives to individuals who open “healthy corner stores”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>House Bill 3015, by Scott, makes healthy corner stores
eligible for Agricultural Linked Deposit Loan Packages of up to $350,000.
“Healthy corner stores” are defined as those grocery stores
certified by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry that
market fresh fruits and vegetables and nutritious foods and for which the sale
of beer and tobacco comprise less than 10 percent of its gross sales (excluding
gas and other non grocery items).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Scott said his bill provides low-interest loan
packages to help encourage individuals to open up grocery stores.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>“It is a way for both rural and urban communities to
gain needed grocery stores that will provide healthy food in ‘food deserts,’”
said Scott, D-Tulsa. “This will also benefit Oklahoma’s farmer and
ranchers by providing another outlet to sell fresh produce and products. Many
Oklahoma communities are without local grocery stores and this will give them those
outlets while also providing healthy homegrown food. .”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Oklahoma Agricultural Linked Deposit Program assists
participating banks in lowering their interest rates on loans for qualifying
farms and agricultural-related businesses. These loans usually have an
interest rate up to 3 percent below the current two-year Oklahoma Treasury
rate. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Scott said these significant interest savings are passed
onto the borrower by the bank.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>House Bill 3015 passed the full House of Representatives on
a 95-0 vote today. It now proceeds to the Senate for a hearing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i>-30-<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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