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AN ACT
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relating to Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.9073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.9073. TEXAS FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DAY. (a) The first |
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Friday in April is designated Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day in |
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public schools to promote awareness of the health benefits of |
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fruits and vegetables and to encourage students to consume more |
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fruits and vegetables during Texas Fruit and Vegetable Month under |
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Section 662.103, Government Code. |
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(b) Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day shall include appropriate |
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instruction, as determined by each school district. |
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(c) The agency may collaborate with other state agencies to |
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promote Texas Fruit and Vegetable Day. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3991 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 5, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3991 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |