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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue |
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from a tax on certain sweetened beverages to training and programs |
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to improve the health of public school students and to the general |
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revenue fund. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by |
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adding Section 7-f to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7-f. (a) If the legislature imposes a tax on certain |
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sweetened beverages that is separate from or in addition to the tax |
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imposed on beverages by the general state sales and use tax law, the |
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net revenue derived from that tax shall be allocated as follows: |
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(1) 40 percent of the net revenue shall be deposited to |
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the credit of a separate account in the general revenue fund, and |
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may be appropriated only as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section; and |
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(2) the remainder of the net revenue shall be |
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deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. |
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(b) Money deposited to the credit of the account may be |
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appropriated only to improve the school health environment, |
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implement and maintain coordinated school health programs in public |
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elementary and secondary schools, and develop and provide training |
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to effectively implement and maintain school health programs in |
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public elementary and secondary schools. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. |
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The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment dedicating revenue |
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derived from the imposition of a tax on certain sweetened beverages |
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to training and programs to improve the health of public school |
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students and to the general revenue fund." |