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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain donations by school districts or public schools |
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of food provided to the district or school through the national free |
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or reduced-price school lunch program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.905 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.905. DONATIONS OF FOOD. (a) A school district or |
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school participating in the national free or reduced-price lunch |
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program established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq. may donate |
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any food provided to the district or school through the program and |
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not consumed under the program to a local food bank or charitable |
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organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section |
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501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by |
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Section 501(c)(3) of that code. |
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(b) A school district or school making a donation under |
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Subsection (a) is exempt from civil and criminal liability to the |
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extent provided under 42 U.S.C. Section 1791. |
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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, 2013. |