Bill Text: TX HB3963 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the donation and distribution of food at public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3963 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3963-Introduced.html
By: Allen | H.B. No. 3963 |
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relating to the donation and distribution of food at public | ||
schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b), (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (b-1) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
allow a campus to elect to donate food to a nonprofit organization | ||
through: | ||
(1) a parent of a student enrolled at the campus; or | ||
(2) a person [ |
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campus, including a teacher or [ |
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(b-1) The donated food may be received, stored, and | ||
distributed on the campus. Food donated by the campus may include: | ||
(1) surplus food prepared for breakfast, lunch, | ||
snacks, or dinner meals [ |
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campus cafeteria, subject to any applicable local, state, and | ||
federal requirements; or | ||
(2) food donated to the campus as the result of a food | ||
drive or similar event. | ||
(c) The type of food donated under Subsection (b-1)(1) [ |
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packaged by a person on campus and that was never removed from the | ||
campus food serving area before the food is donated; | ||
(2) packaged served food if the packaging and food are | ||
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maintained as required by law; | ||
(3) whole, uncut produce; and | ||
(4) unserved wrapped raw produce the temperature of | ||
which has been maintained as required by law[ |
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(d) Food donated under this section to a nonprofit | ||
organization may be distributed at the campus at any time. Campus | ||
employees may assist in preparing and distributing the food as | ||
volunteers for the nonprofit organization. A person who assists in | ||
preparing and distributing the food as a volunteer for the | ||
nonprofit organization must be trained under Subchapter D, Chapter | ||
438, Health and Safety Code or supervised by a person who has been | ||
trained under that law. | ||
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, 2019. |