Bill Text: TX HJR9 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue from a tax on certain sweetened beverages to fund training and programs to improve the health of public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Ways & Means [HJR9 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HJR9-Introduced.html
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| By: Farias | H.J.R. No. 9 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating the revenue from a | ||
| tax on certain sweetened beverages to fund training and programs to | ||
| improve the health of public school students. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article VIII, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 7-f to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7-f. If the legislature imposes a tax on certain | ||
| sweetened beverages that is separate from or in addition to the tax | ||
| imposed on beverages by the general state sales and use tax law, the | ||
| net revenue derived from that tax shall be deposited to the credit | ||
| of a separate account in the general revenue fund. Money deposited | ||
| to the credit of the account may be appropriated only to improve the | ||
| school health environment, implement and maintain coordinated | ||
| school health programs in public elementary and secondary schools, | ||
| and develop and provide training to effectively implement and | ||
| maintain school health programs in public elementary and secondary | ||
| schools. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 8, 2011. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment dedicating revenue | ||
| derived from the imposition of a tax on certain sweetened beverages | ||
| to fund training and programs to improve the health of public school | ||
| students." | ||
