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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to grant and outreach programs to provide nutrition |
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education to children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 12.0027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.0027. NUTRITION OUTREACH PROGRAM. (a) The |
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department may develop an outreach program to promote better health |
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and nutrition programs and prevent obesity among children in this |
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state. |
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(b) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and |
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donations from any public or private sources for the purposes of |
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this section. |
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(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer an outreach program established under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.026. GRANT PROGRAM FOR BEST PRACTICES IN NUTRITION |
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EDUCATION. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall develop a |
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program under which the department awards grants to public school |
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campuses for best practices in nutrition education. |
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(b) The Department of Agriculture may solicit and accept |
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gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for |
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the purposes of this section. |
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(c) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules as |
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necessary to administer a grant program established under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 33.028 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.028. GRANT PROGRAMS FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION. |
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(a) The Department of Agriculture shall develop a program under |
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which the department awards grants to: |
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(1) participants in the Child and Adult Care Food |
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Program, Head Start program, or other early childhood education |
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programs to operate nutrition education programs for children who |
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are at least three years of age but younger than five years of age; |
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and |
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(2) community and faith-based initiatives that |
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provide recreational, social, volunteer, leadership, mentoring, or |
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developmental programs to incorporate nutrition education into |
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programs provided for children younger than 19 years of age. |
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(b) The Department of Agriculture may solicit and accept |
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gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for |
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the purposes of this section. |
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(c) The Department of Agriculture may adopt rules as |
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necessary to administer the grant programs established under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 4. This Act does not make an appropriation. This |
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Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the |
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implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations |
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act of the 81st Legislature. |
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SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided by Section 4 of this |
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Act, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by |
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Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not |
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receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2009, except as otherwise provided by Section 4 |
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of this Act. |