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1		-	S.B. No. 1351
	1	+	By: Miles S.B. No. 1351
	2	+	(Allen, Bernal, Collier)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the donation of food by public school campuses.
6	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	9		SECTION 1. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by
8		-	amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
9		-	read as follows:
	10	+	amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1)
	11	+	to read as follows:
10	12		(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
11	13		allow a campus to elect to donate food to a nonprofit organization
12	14		through a person [an official of the nonprofit organization] who is
13	15		directly and officially affiliated with the campus, including a
14	16		teacher or[,] counselor, or through a parent of a student enrolled
15	17		at the campus. The donated food may be received, stored, and
16	18		distributed on the campus. Food donated by the campus may include:
17	19		(1) surplus food prepared for breakfast, lunch, or
18	20		dinner meals or snacks [a snack to be] served from [at] the campus
19	21		cafeteria, subject to any applicable local, state, and federal
20	22		requirements; or
21	23		(2) food donated to the campus as the result of a food
22	24		drive or similar event.
23	25		(c) The type of food donated under Subsection (b)(1) [this
24	26		section] may include:
25	27		(1) packaged [or unpackaged] unserved food that is
26	28		packaged on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment
27	29		charter school and has not been removed from the campus cafeteria;
28	30		(2) packaged served food if the packaging and food are
29	31		[is] in good condition;
30	32		(3) whole, uncut produce; and
31	33		(4) wrapped raw unserved produce[; and
32	34		[(5) unpeeled fruit required to be peeled before
33	35		consumption].
34	36		(c-1) Food that by law must be maintained at a certain
35	37		temperature for safety may not be donated unless the campus has
36	38		maintained the food at the required temperature.
	39	+	(d) Food donated under this section to a nonprofit
	40	+	organization may be distributed at the campus at any time. Campus
	41	+	employees may assist in preparing and distributing the food as
	42	+	volunteers for the nonprofit organization. Each person who assists
	43	+	in the preparation and distribution of food as a volunteer must have
	44	+	completed, or be supervised by a person who has completed, a basic
	45	+	food safety education or training program for food handlers
	46	+	accredited under Subchapter D, Chapter 438, Health and Safety Code.
37	47		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
38		-	______________________________ ______________________________
39		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
40		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the Senate on
41		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
42		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
43		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
44		-	______________________________
45		-	Secretary of the Senate
46		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1351 passed the House, with
47		-	amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 123,
48		-	Nays 24, two present not voting.
49		-	______________________________
50		-	Chief Clerk of the House
51		-	Approved:
52		-	______________________________
53		-	Date
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Governor