82R8715 JXC-D
By: Miles H.B. No. 2414
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the Healthy Food Advisory
Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 1(f) and (g), Chapter 730 (S.B. 343),
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, are amended to
read as follows:
(f) The advisory committee shall:
(1) investigate the retail availability of fresh
fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods in this state;
(2) investigate sources of funding for improving the
retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other
healthy foods in this state, including programs and grants
administered by the federal government and nongovernmental
organizations;
(3) develop recommendations for creating and a plan
for implementing a statewide financing program to bring fresh food
retailers into areas of this state that are underserved in regard to
the retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other
healthy foods; and
(4) [(3)] perform other advisory duties as requested
by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services
Commission or the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture
regarding the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other
healthy foods in this state.
(g) Not later than September 1, 2012 [2010], the advisory
committee shall submit to the legislature a report that includes
[outlining]:
(1) a statement of the costs, benefits, and
feasibility of a statewide financing program to bring fresh food
retailers into areas of this state that are underserved in regard to
the retail availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and other
healthy foods; [and]
(2) a list of possible sources of funding for the
financing program; and
(3) a plan for implementing the financing program.
SECTION 2. Section 3, Chapter 730 (S.B. 343), Acts of the
81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as
follows:
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. The advisory committee established
under this Act is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2013
[2011].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.