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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the continuation of the Healthy Food Advisory |
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Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1(f) and (g), Chapter 730 (S.B. 343), |
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Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, are amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) The advisory committee shall: |
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(1) investigate the retail availability of fresh |
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fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods in this state; |
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(2) investigate sources of funding for improving the |
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retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other |
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healthy foods in this state, including programs and grants |
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administered by the federal government and nongovernmental |
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organizations; |
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(3) develop recommendations for creating and a plan |
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for implementing a statewide financing program to bring fresh food |
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retailers into areas of this state that are underserved in regard to |
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the retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other |
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healthy foods; and |
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(4) [(3)] perform other advisory duties as requested |
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by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services |
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Commission or the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture |
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regarding the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other |
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healthy foods in this state. |
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(g) Not later than September 1, 2012 [2010], the advisory |
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committee shall submit to the legislature a report that includes |
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[outlining]: |
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(1) a statement of the costs, benefits, and |
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feasibility of a statewide financing program to bring fresh food |
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retailers into areas of this state that are underserved in regard to |
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the retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other |
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healthy foods; [and] |
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(2) a list of possible sources of funding for the |
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financing program; and |
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(3) a plan for implementing the financing program. |
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SECTION 2. Section 3, Chapter 730 (S.B. 343), Acts of the |
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81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. The advisory committee established |
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under this Act is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2013 |
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[2011]. |
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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, 2011. |