Bill Text: TX HB749 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a plan to increase outcomes in the summer food service program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB749 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB749-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 749 | ||
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| relating to a plan to increase outcomes in the summer food service | ||
| program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 12, Agriculture Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 12.00291 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.00291. PLAN TO INCREASE OUTCOMES IN SUMMER FOOD | ||
| SERVICE PROGRAM. (a) The department shall develop a five-year plan | ||
| in collaboration with Baylor University's Texas Hunger Initiative | ||
| and implement no-cost provisions to increase outcomes in the summer | ||
| food service program under 42 U.S.C. Section 1761. The plan must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) methods to increase participation by children | ||
| eligible to receive free or reduced-price school lunches; and | ||
| (2) strategies to increase access to summer meals in | ||
| rural areas for children eligible to receive free or reduced-price | ||
| school lunches. | ||
| (b) In developing the plan, the department shall involve any | ||
| appropriate department advisory committee that already exists and | ||
| shall seek the participation of relevant stakeholders. | ||
| (c) Not later than November 1, 2014, the department shall | ||
| submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and appropriate standing committees of the | ||
| legislature the plan to be implemented over the next four years. | ||
| (d) The department may solicit and accept a gift, grant, or | ||
| donation from any source, including a foundation or private entity, | ||
| for the development of the plan. The plan may be developed and | ||
| implemented only if sufficient funds are available under this | ||
| subsection for that purpose. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2018. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 749 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 13, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 749 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
