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  S.B. No. 1351
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the donation of food by public school campuses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-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 a person [an official of the nonprofit organization] who is
  directly and officially affiliated with the campus, including a
  teacher or[,] counselor, or through a parent of a student enrolled
  at the campus. 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, or
  dinner meals or snacks [a snack to be] served from [at] the 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) [this
  section] may include:
               (1)  packaged [or unpackaged] unserved food that is
  packaged on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment
  charter school and has not been removed from the campus cafeteria;
               (2)  packaged served food if the packaging and food are
  [is] in good condition;
               (3)  whole, uncut produce; and
               (4)  wrapped raw unserved produce[; and
               [(5)  unpeeled fruit required to be peeled before
  consumption].
         (c-1)  Food that by law must be maintained at a certain
  temperature for safety may not be donated unless the campus has
  maintained the food at the required temperature.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the Senate on    
  April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123,
  Nays 24, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor