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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the types of food or beverages that may be sold to |
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students on public school campuses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 12.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.0021. FOOD OR BEVERAGES ALLOWED TO BE SOLD TO |
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STUDENTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), a public school may not sell or allow to be sold to a |
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student on the school campus: |
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(1) any food determined under department guidelines to |
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be a food of minimal nutritional value; or |
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(2) any type of beverage other than the following: |
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(A) water without added sweetener; |
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(B) milk with a fat content of two percent or |
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less; |
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(C) soy milk, rice milk, or similar nondairy |
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milk; |
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(D) vegetable juice that: |
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(i) contains at least 50 percent vegetable |
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juice; and |
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(ii) does not contain added sweetener; or |
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(E) fruit juice that: |
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(i) contains at least 50 percent fruit |
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juice; and |
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(ii) does not contain added sweetener. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply: |
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(1) on a day that school is not in session; or |
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(2) beginning at least one-half hour after the end of a |
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school day. |
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(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |