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1	1	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1208
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2013; March 12, 2013, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs,
4	4	and Homeland Security; April 24, 2013, rereferred to Committee on
5	5	Government Organization; April 29, 2013, reported adversely, with
6	6	favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6,
7	7	Nays 0; April 29, 2013, sent to printer.)
8	8	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1208 By: Rodriguez
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11	11	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	12	AN ACT
13	13	relating to the creation of a regional food economy and food access
14	14	task force.
15	15	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	16	SECTION 1. REGIONAL FOOD ECONOMY AND FOOD ACCESS TASK
17	17	FORCE. (a) The regional food economy and food access task force is
18	18	created to study and provide recommendations to the legislature on
19	19	developing this state's regional food economy and improving access
20	20	to healthy food for the people in this state.
21	21	(b) The task force consists of nine members appointed as
22	22	follows:
23	23	(1) one member who is a representative of the food
24	24	retail industry with experience in grocery stores, appointed by the
25	25	governor;
26	26	(2) one member who is a physician with experience in
27	27	public health, appointed by the commissioner of state health
28	28	services;
29	29	(3) one member who is a representative of a community
30	30	development financial institution, appointed by the governor;
31	31	(4) one member who is a large-scale farmer, as defined
32	32	by the United States Department of Agriculture, appointed by the
33	33	lieutenant governor;
34	34	(5) one member who is a small-scale farmer, as defined
35	35	by the United States Department of Agriculture, with experience in
36	36	farmers markets, appointed by the lieutenant governor;
37	37	(6) one member who is a representative of a food bank,
38	38	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
39	39	(7) one member who is a representative of a regional
40	40	food advocacy group, appointed by the speaker of the house of
41	41	representatives;
42	42	(8) one representative of the Texas Department of
43	43	Agriculture, appointed by the commissioner of agriculture; and
44	44	(9) one representative of the Texas A&M AgriLife
45	45	Extension Service, appointed by the chancellor of The Texas A&M
46	46	University System.
47	47	(c) The representative of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
48	48	Service serves as the presiding officer of the task force.
49	49	(d) A task force member is not entitled to compensation or
50	50	reimbursement of expenses.
51	51	(e) The task force shall:
52	52	(1) examine the following food economy goals:
53	53	(A) creating and retaining family-wage jobs;
54	54	(B) expanding export and local markets for
55	55	regional products;
56	56	(C) developing regional public-private
57	57	partnerships and leveraging existing public-private partnership
58	58	efforts; and
59	59	(D) improving access to healthy food and food
60	60	security, protecting natural resources, and enhancing community
61	61	connections; and
62	62	(2) develop recommendations for legislation and state
63	63	agency programming that will improve this state's regional food
64	64	economy and improve access to healthy food for the people in this
65	65	state.
66	66	(f) The task force shall meet not later than the 30th day
67	67	after the date the last initial appointment is made. The task force
68	68	shall meet regularly as necessary at the call of the presiding
69	69	officer.
70	70	(g) Not later than September 1, 2014, the task force shall:
71	71	(1) submit to the legislature a report outlining
72	72	legislative recommendations and recommendations for state agency
73	73	programming; and
74	74	(2) provide a presentation on the task force's
75	75	recommendations to the standing committee of each house of the
76	76	legislature with primary jurisdiction over economic development.
77	77	SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. The task force established under
78	78	this Act is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2015.
79	79	SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
80	80	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
81	81	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
82	82	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
83	83	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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