Bill Text: TX HB4746 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to receive a grant from the Department of Agriculture to provide surplus agricultural products to certain students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-29 - Left pending in committee [HB4746 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4746-Introduced.html
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By: Bernal | H.B. No. 4746 |
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relating to the eligibility of a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school to receive a grant from the Department of | ||
Agriculture to provide surplus agricultural products to certain | ||
students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.001, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.001. CREATION. The department by rule shall | ||
develop a program to award grants to: | ||
(1) nonprofit organizations for the purpose of | ||
collecting and distributing surplus agricultural products to food | ||
banks and other charitable organizations that serve needy or | ||
low-income individuals; and | ||
(2) public schools for the purpose of collecting and | ||
distributing surplus agricultural products to educationally | ||
disadvantaged students. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.002, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.002. ELIGIBILITY. (a) For the purposes of this | ||
chapter: | ||
(1) "Educationally disadvantaged" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code. | ||
(2) "Public school" means a school district or an | ||
open-enrollment charter school established under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 12, Education Code. | ||
(b) Subject to available funds: | ||
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receive a grant under this chapter if the organization: | ||
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coordinating a statewide network of food banks and charitable | ||
organizations that serve each county of this state; | ||
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the collection and transportation of surplus agricultural products | ||
to a statewide network of food banks that provide food to needy or | ||
low-income individuals; and | ||
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manner and time prescribed by the department, a proposal for the | ||
collection and distribution to food banks or other charitable | ||
organizations for use in providing food to needy or low-income | ||
individuals of surplus agricultural products, including: | ||
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for the proposal; | ||
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proposal; and | ||
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success of the proposal; and | ||
(2) a public school is eligible to receive a grant | ||
under this chapter if the school submits to the department, in the | ||
manner and time prescribed by the department, a proposal for the | ||
collection and distribution of surplus agricultural products to | ||
educationally disadvantaged students that includes the information | ||
required to be provided under Subdivisions (1)(C)(i)-(iv). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 21.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.003. REPORT. A nonprofit organization or public | ||
school that receives a grant under this chapter must report the | ||
results of the project to the department in the manner prescribed by | ||
the department. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Donate" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
76.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | ||
(2) "Educationally disadvantaged" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 5.001. | ||
(3) "Nonprofit organization" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 76.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | ||
(e-1) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
may: | ||
(1) adopt a policy allowing a campus in the district or | ||
school to collect surplus agricultural products that are eligible | ||
for donation under Subsection (b) and donate the products to the | ||
families of educationally disadvantaged students enrolled at the | ||
campus; and | ||
(2) apply to receive a grant under the grant program | ||
established under Chapter 21, Agriculture Code, for a campus that | ||
makes the election under Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2023. |