| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to a grant program for certain nonprofit organizations to |
|
|
distribute diapers to families. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 531.024142 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 531.024142. DIAPER DISTRIBUTION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) |
|
|
In this section, "nonprofit organization" means an organization |
|
|
that is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), |
|
|
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt entity |
|
|
under Section 501(c)(3) of that code. |
|
|
(b) The commission shall establish and administer a program |
|
|
through which the commission, using money appropriated or otherwise |
|
|
available for that purpose, may award a grant to nonprofit |
|
|
organizations that collect, store, and distribute diapers to |
|
|
families to enable the nonprofit organizations to develop new |
|
|
infrastructure and expand services to more families in the state. |
|
|
(c) To be considered for a grant under this section, a |
|
|
nonprofit organization must: |
|
|
(1) have experience distributing a large number of |
|
|
diapers to families in this state; |
|
|
(2) have sufficient warehouse space to store at least |
|
|
400,000 diapers; |
|
|
(3) work with at least 25 entities in the target |
|
|
community to distribute diapers; |
|
|
(4) demonstrate an ability to expand the |
|
|
organization's distribution; and |
|
|
(5) have sufficient personnel available to distribute |
|
|
at least one million diapers in this state in a year. |
|
|
(d) The commission shall establish: |
|
|
(1) grant application procedures; and |
|
|
(2) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant |
|
|
awarded under the program and ensuring compliance with any |
|
|
condition of a grant. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |