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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on |
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public school campuses. |
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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 12.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.0021. BEVERAGES ALLOWED TO BE SOLD TO STUDENTS ON |
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PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), |
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a public school may not sell or allow to be sold to a student on the |
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school campus any type of beverage other than the following: |
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(1) water without added sweetener; |
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(2) milk with a fat content of two percent or less; |
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(3) soy milk, rice milk, or similar nondairy milk; |
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(4) vegetable juice that: |
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(A) contains at least 50 percent vegetable juice; |
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and |
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(B) does not contain added sweetener; |
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(5) fruit juice that: |
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(A) contains at least 50 percent fruit juice; and |
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(B) does not contain added sweetener; or |
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(6) an electrolyte replacement beverage that contains |
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not more than 42 grams of added sweetener per 20-ounce serving or an |
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equivalent amount of added sweetener per serving. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply: |
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(1) on a day that school is not in session; or |
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(2) beginning at least one-half hour after the end of a |
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school day. |
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(c) The department may adopt rules as necessary to |
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administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |