Bill Text: TX HB1827 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to advertising by retailers participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1827 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1827-Introduced.html
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| By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso | H.B. No. 1827 | |
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| relating to advertising by retailers participating in the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 33.038 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.038. ADVERTISING BY SNAP RETAILERS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "retailer" means a business approved for participation in | ||
| the supplemental nutrition assistance program. | ||
| (b) A retailer may not affix a tag or sticker to or display a | ||
| sign near food or drink items with minimal nutritional value that: | ||
| (1) advertises the retailer's participation in the | ||
| supplemental nutrition assistance program; or | ||
| (2) encourages recipients of supplemental nutrition | ||
| assistance benefits to purchase those food or drink items. | ||
| (c) The executive commissioner by rule shall define | ||
| "minimal nutritional value" for purposes of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the executive | ||
| commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| adopt the rules required by Section 33.038, Human Resources Code, | ||
| as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
| a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
| federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
| the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
| authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
| waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
