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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of the Thirty Percent Texas |
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Initiative to encourage the use of food produced in this state for |
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school lunches. |
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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 12.0024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.0024. THIRTY PERCENT TEXAS INITIATIVE. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Initiative" means the Thirty Percent Texas |
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Initiative under this section. |
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(2) "School food authority" has the meaning assigned |
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by 7 C.F.R. Section 210.2. |
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(3) "School lunch program" means the program described |
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by Section 12.0025(4). |
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(b) A school food authority qualifies for the initiative in |
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a state fiscal year if in the previous state fiscal year at least 30 |
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percent of the school food authority's total food costs for lunches |
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served as part of the school lunch program were attributable to food |
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items: |
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(1) grown or harvested on land or from water in this |
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state by means of agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, or |
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dairying; or |
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(2) processed inside or outside this state if the |
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processed food items consist of at least 51 percent of items |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The value of United States Department of Agriculture |
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commodity foods provided at no cost to a school food authority may |
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not be considered for purposes of Subsection (b). |
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(d) Using money appropriated for this purpose, the |
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department shall distribute to a school food authority that |
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qualifies for the initiative in a state fiscal year an amount equal |
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to 25 cents per lunch served as part of the school lunch program |
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during the state fiscal year, less the amount of any other state |
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funds paid in connection with the lunch. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |