Section 22-5-120 - School food authority operations - contracts for provision of food and beverages(1) Each board of cooperative services is authorized to maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility as a school food authority, as defined in section 22-32-120(8).(2) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority is encouraged to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts food and beverages that:(a) Satisfy nutritional standards established by the United States department of agriculture; and(b) Have been locally grown or produced.(3) Each board of cooperative services that elects to operate as a school food authority may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations to facilitate its operations as a school food authority; except that a board of cooperative services shall not accept a gift, grant, or donation if it is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this article or any other law of the state.L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1335), ch. 326, p. 1507, §1, effective August 11.