Bill Text: TX HB1781 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on sanctions imposed on school districts for the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB1781 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1781-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1781 |
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relating to a limitation on sanctions imposed on school districts | ||
for the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 12.0028 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.0028. LIMITATION ON SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON SCHOOL | ||
DISTRICTS FOR SALE OF FOODS OF MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL VALUE. (a) In | ||
this section, "food of minimal nutritional value" has the meaning | ||
assigned by 7 C.F.R. Section 210.11(a)(2). | ||
(b) The department may not impose on a school district a | ||
sanction, including disallowing meal reimbursement, based on the | ||
sale to students at a high school of food of minimal nutritional | ||
value, if the sale is approved in advance by the school and is made: | ||
(1) outside of a school area designated for food | ||
service or food consumption or during a period other than a school | ||
meal service period; and | ||
(2) for the purpose of raising money for a student | ||
organization or activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school or | ||
the school district in which the school is located. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1781 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1781 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |