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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain program and reporting duties of the Texas |
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AgriLife Extension Service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 88, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter K to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER K. TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION SERVICE |
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Sec. 88.821. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "extension |
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service" means the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. |
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Sec. 88.822. PROGRAM REPORTS. (a) The extension service |
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shall make a presentation to the commissioner of education, the |
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commissioner of agriculture, and the commissioner of the Department |
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of State Health Services and shall provide copies of reports to the |
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Texas Education Agency, the Department of Agriculture, and the |
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Department of State Health Services, and any council in which |
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representatives from all three of those agencies are members, on |
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the following programs: |
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(1) the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program |
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(EFNEP), which provides nutrition education for economically |
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disadvantaged parents of young children; |
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(2) the Better Living for Texans (BLT) program, a |
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component of the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance |
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Program (SNAP), which provides education programs to food stamp |
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recipients, applicants, and other approved audiences to help |
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improve their ability to plan and prepare nutritious meals, stretch |
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food dollars, and prepare and store food safely; and |
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(3) other similar programs as determined by the |
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extension service. |
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(b) Not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year, |
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the extension service shall provide a copy of each report described |
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by Subsection (a) to the legislature. |
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(c) This section does not affect any other requirement for |
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the extension service to make a report to any state or federal |
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agency. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |