| 1 | | - | By: Allen, Bernal, Collier (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 2756 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; |
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| 3 | | - | May 17, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Education; May 24, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 24, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | By: Allen, Bernal H.B. No. 2756 |
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| 9 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 6 | | relating to the donation of food by public school campuses. |
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| 12 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 9 | | amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to |
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| 15 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 11 | | (b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 17 | 12 | | allow a campus to elect to donate food to a nonprofit organization |
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| 18 | 13 | | through a person [an official of the nonprofit organization] who is |
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| 19 | 14 | | directly and officially affiliated with the campus, including a |
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| 20 | 15 | | teacher or [,] counselor, or through a parent of a student enrolled |
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| 21 | 16 | | at the campus. The donated food may be received, stored, and |
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| 22 | 17 | | distributed on the campus. Food donated by the campus may include: |
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| 23 | 18 | | (1) surplus food prepared for breakfast, lunch, or |
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| 24 | 19 | | dinner meals or snacks [a snack to be] served from [at] the campus |
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| 25 | 20 | | cafeteria, subject to any applicable local, state, and federal |
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| 26 | 21 | | requirements; or |
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| 27 | 22 | | (2) food donated to the campus as the result of a food |
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| 28 | 23 | | drive or similar event. |
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| 29 | 24 | | (c) The type of food donated under Subsection (b)(1) [this |
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| 30 | 25 | | section] may include: |
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| 31 | 26 | | (1) packaged [or unpackaged] unserved food that is |
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| 32 | 27 | | packaged on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment |
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| 33 | 28 | | charter school and has not been removed from the campus cafeteria; |
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| 34 | 29 | | (2) packaged served food if the packaging and food are |
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| 35 | 30 | | [is] in good condition; |
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| 36 | 31 | | (3) whole, uncut produce; and |
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| 37 | 32 | | (4) wrapped raw unserved produce[; and |
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| 38 | 33 | | [(5) unpeeled fruit required to be peeled before |
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| 39 | 34 | | consumption]. |
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| 40 | 35 | | (c-1) Food that by law must be maintained at a certain |
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| 41 | 36 | | temperature for safety may not be donated unless the campus has |
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| 42 | 37 | | maintained the food at the required temperature. |
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| 43 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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