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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on |
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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. BEVERAGES ALLOWED TO BE SOLD TO STUDENTS ON |
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PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), |
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a public school may not sell or allow to be sold to a student on the |
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school campus any type of beverage other than the following: |
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(1) water without added sweetener; |
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(2) milk with a fat content of one percent or less; |
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(3) fluid milk substitutions permitted by the United |
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States Department of Agriculture under 7 C.F.R. Section 210.10; |
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(4) 100 percent vegetable juice; |
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(5) 100 percent fruit juice; |
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(6) zero-calorie electrolyte replacement or |
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zero-calorie vitamin enhanced water beverages; or |
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(7) an electrolyte replacement beverage other than one |
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described by Subdivision (6), but only if the electrolyte |
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replacement beverage is provided at the discretion of a coach to |
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students engaged in vigorous physical activity lasting at least one |
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hour. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply: |
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(1) on a day that school is not in session; |
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(2) before the beginning of the breakfast period; or |
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(3) after the end of the last instruction period of the |
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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 2014-2015 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |