82R7398 VOO-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3679
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the marketing of foods of minimal
nutritional value on public school campuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by
adding Section 12.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0022. PROHIBITION ON MARKETING OF FOODS OF MINIMAL
NUTRITIONAL VALUE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. (a) A public school
may not market or permit any other person to market a food of
minimal nutritional value on the school campus.
(b) The department shall adopt rules as necessary for the
administration of this section. The rules must identify or
establish criteria for identifying foods of minimal nutritional
value.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules for the
administration of Section 12.0022, Agriculture Code, as added by
this Act.
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.