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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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Agricultural 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 C-1 to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C-1. TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE |
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Sec. 88.251. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "extension |
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service" means the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. |
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Sec. 88.252. PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM REPORTS. (a) The |
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extension service shall administer 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 families; |
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(2) the Better Living for Texans (BLT) program, a |
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component of the United States Department of Agriculture's |
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides |
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education programs to food stamp recipients, applicants, and other |
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approved audiences to help improve their ability to plan and |
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prepare nutritious meals, spend food dollars efficiently, and |
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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 make a presentation and provide a |
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report regarding each program administered under Subsection (a) to |
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the commissioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture, and |
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the commissioner of the Department of State Health Services, and to |
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any council in which representatives from all three agencies headed |
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by those officers are members. The extension service shall provide |
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a copy of each report required by this subsection to the |
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legislature. |
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Sec. 88.253. CONTRACTS. The extension service may enter |
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into interagency contracts and agreements and may contract with |
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local, state, county, federal, and private entities to advance the |
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objectives of the programs administered under Section 88.252. |
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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. |