Bill Text: TX HB3231 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of nonprofit organizations that partner with certain schools to receive grants for agricultural projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-05 - Companion considered in lieu of in committee [HB3231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3231-Introduced.html
82R2056 TRH-F | ||
By: Hernandez Luna | H.B. No. 3231 |
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relating to the eligibility of nonprofit organizations that partner | ||
with certain schools to receive grants for agricultural projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 48.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.001. CREATION. (a) Consistent with this chapter, | ||
the department by rule shall develop a program to award grants to | ||
public elementary and middle schools located in large urban school | ||
districts for the purpose of establishing: | ||
(1) demonstration agricultural projects; or | ||
(2) other projects designed to foster an understanding | ||
and awareness of agriculture. | ||
(b) The department may award a grant under this chapter to a | ||
nonprofit organization that partners with a school described by | ||
Subsection (a) to establish a project described by Subsection (a) | ||
at the school. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 48.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.002. ELIGIBILITY. Subject to available funds, a | ||
public elementary or middle school, or a nonprofit organization | ||
that partners with the school, is eligible to receive a grant under | ||
this chapter if the school: | ||
(1) is located in a school district with an enrollment | ||
of at least 49,000 students; and | ||
(2) submits to the department, at the time and in the | ||
form required by the department, a proposal for a demonstration | ||
agricultural project that includes: | ||
(A) a description of the proposed project; | ||
(B) a schedule of projected costs for the | ||
project; [ |
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(C) a statement of the educational benefits of | ||
the project, including how the project will improve understanding | ||
of agriculture; and | ||
(D) if a nonprofit organization is applying for | ||
the grant, a statement from the school that the nonprofit | ||
organization is partnering with the school. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 48.004, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.004. REPORT. A school or nonprofit organization | ||
that receives a grant under this chapter must report the results of | ||
the project to the department in a manner determined by the | ||
department. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 48.003, Agriculture Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |