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1	1	H.B. No. 3323
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to food system security and resiliency planning.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Title 2, Agriculture Code, is amended by adding
8	8	Chapter 23 to read as follows:
9	9	CHAPTER 23. FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY
10	10	Sec. 23.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
11	11	(1) "Council" means the Texas food system security and
12	12	resiliency planning council.
13	13	(2) "Office" means:
14	14	(A) the office of food system security and
15	15	resiliency if that office is established as a division within the
16	16	department by an Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session,
17	17	2023; or
18	18	(B) the food and nutrition division of the
19	19	department if the office of food system security and resiliency is
20	20	not established as a division within the department by an Act of the
21	21	88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023.
22	22	Sec. 23.002. TEXAS FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY AND RESILIENCY
23	23	PLANNING COUNCIL. (a) The office shall establish the Texas food
24	24	system security and resiliency planning council. The council is
25	25	composed of the following members:
26	26	(1) three members appointed by the governor;
27	27	(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant
28	28	governor;
29	29	(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the
30	30	house of representatives;
31	31	(4) one member of the Texas Animal Health Commission
32	32	appointed by the governor;
33	33	(5) one member appointed by the commissioner to
34	34	represent food banks;
35	35	(6) one member appointed by the commissioner to
36	36	represent nonprofit organizations that provide home delivered
37	37	meals;
38	38	(7) two members appointed by the commissioner to
39	39	represent agricultural producer organizations, marketing
40	40	associations organized under Chapter 52, or farmers' cooperative
41	41	societies incorporated under Chapter 51;
42	42	(8) the assistant commissioner of agriculture for the
43	43	food and nutrition division as a nonvoting member;
44	44	(9) the director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
45	45	Service as a nonvoting member; and
46	46	(10) one nonvoting member appointed by the executive
47	47	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to
48	48	represent the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the
49	49	federal special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants,
50	50	and children, and the supplemental nutrition assistance
51	51	program-education.
52	52	(b) A person appointed under Subsection (a) must have
53	53	experience in an industry or economic sector involving food
54	54	production or food sales or in a related industry or economic
55	55	sector.
56	56	(c) For the purpose of Subsection (a)(7), the Texas Farm
57	57	Bureau is considered an agricultural producer organization.
58	58	(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the
59	59	appointing authority.
60	60	(e) The governor shall designate a chair of the council from
61	61	the members the governor appoints. The lieutenant governor shall
62	62	designate a vice chair of the council from the members the
63	63	lieutenant governor appoints.
64	64	(f) The council shall meet at least once quarterly or more
65	65	frequently at the call of the chair.
66	66	(g) A member of the council is not entitled to compensation
67	67	or reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing council
68	68	duties.
69	69	(h) The council shall:
70	70	(1) give guidance to the office; and
71	71	(2) review the state food system security plan
72	72	developed under Section 23.003.
73	73	Sec. 23.003. STATE FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY PLAN. (a) The
74	74	office shall develop a state food system security plan. The plan
75	75	must:
76	76	(1) provide for the orderly development and management
77	77	of food system security throughout this state, including ensuring
78	78	sufficient food is available at a reasonable cost to:
79	79	(A) ensure public health, safety, and welfare;
80	80	(B) further economic development; and
81	81	(C) protect the agricultural and natural
82	82	resources of this state;
83	83	(2) account for times of severe drought conditions,
84	84	natural disasters, man-made disasters, or other calamities; and
85	85	(3) include legislative recommendations that are
86	86	needed or desirable to facilitate the resilience and availability
87	87	of food in this state.
88	88	(b) In developing the plan, the office shall seek the advice
89	89	of:
90	90	(1) the Department of State Health Services; and
91	91	(2) the Parks and Wildlife Department.
92	92	(c) The office shall:
93	93	(1) review and revise as necessary the plan developed
94	94	under Subsection (a) at least once every five years; and
95	95	(2) deliver the plan to the governor, the lieutenant
96	96	governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
97	97	chair of the appropriate committees in each house of the
98	98	legislature.
99	99	Sec. 23.004. FOOD SYSTEM SECURITY PLANNING FUND. (a) In
100	100	this section, "planning fund" means the food system security
101	101	planning fund.
102	102	(b) The planning fund is a dedicated account in the general
103	103	revenue fund and consists of:
104	104	(1) appropriations of money to the planning fund by
105	105	the legislature;
106	106	(2) gifts, grants, including federal grants, and other
107	107	donations received for the planning fund; and
108	108	(3) interest earned on the investment of money in the
109	109	planning fund.
110	110	(c) The planning fund may be used only to administer the
111	111	council under Section 23.002.
112	112	(d) The office may accept gifts, grants, or donations from
113	113	any source that are made for the purposes of this section. Money
114	114	received under this subsection shall be deposited in the planning
115	115	fund.
116	116	Sec. 23.005. BIANNUAL REPORT. (a) The department shall
117	117	report to the legislature biannually on the activities of the
118	118	office and council. The report must contain a description of the
119	119	activities of the council under this chapter.
120	120	(b) This section expires January 14, 2025.
121	121	Sec. 23.006. RULES. The department shall adopt rules
122	122	necessary to administer this chapter.
123	123	SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
124	124	date of this Act, the Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules
125	125	and procedures as required to implement Chapter 23, Agriculture
126	126	Code, as added by this Act.
127	127	(b) As soon as practicable after the adoption of rules and
128	128	procedures under Subsection (a) of this section, the governor,
129	129	lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives,
130	130	executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission,
131	131	and commissioner of agriculture shall appoint the initial members
132	132	of the Texas food system security and resiliency planning council
133	133	under Section 23.002, Agriculture Code, as added by this Act.
134	134	SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2025, the office, as
135	135	that term is defined by Section 23.001, Agriculture Code, as added
136	136	by this Act, shall deliver the initial state food system security
137	137	plan as required by Section 23.003(c), Agriculture Code, as added
138	138	by this Act.
139	139	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
140	140	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
141	141	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
142	142	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
143	143	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
144	144	______________________________ ______________________________
145	145	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
146	146	I certify that H.B. No. 3323 was passed by the House on May 5,
147	147	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 92, Nays 49, 2 present, not
148	148	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
149	149	No. 3323 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 49,
150	150	1 present, not voting.
151	151	______________________________
152	152	Chief Clerk of the House
153	153	I certify that H.B. No. 3323 was passed by the Senate, with
154	154	amendments, on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays
155	155	10.
156	156	______________________________
157	157	Secretary of the Senate
158	158	APPROVED: __________________
159	159	Date
160	160	__________________
161	161	Governor