82R7198 PAM-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3680
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the types of food or beverages that may be sold to
students 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 12.0021 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.0021. FOOD OR BEVERAGES ALLOWED TO BE SOLD TO
STUDENTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), a public school may not sell or allow to be sold to a
student on the school campus:
(1) any food determined under department guidelines to
be a food of minimal nutritional value; or
(2) any type of beverage other than the following:
(A) water without added sweetener;
(B) milk with a fat content of two percent or
less;
(C) soy milk, rice milk, or similar nondairy
milk;
(D) vegetable juice that:
(i) contains at least 50 percent vegetable
juice; and
(ii) does not contain added sweetener; or
(E) fruit juice that:
(i) contains at least 50 percent fruit
juice; and
(ii) does not contain added sweetener.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply:
(1) on a day that school is not in session; or
(2) beginning at least one-half hour after the end of a
school day.
(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to
administer this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
school year.
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.