Bill Text: TX SB1208 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a regional food economy and food access task force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-03 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1208 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1208-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1208 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2013; March 12, 2013, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Rural Affairs, | ||
| and Homeland Security; April 24, 2013, rereferred to Committee on | ||
| Government Organization; April 29, 2013, reported adversely, with | ||
| favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, | ||
| Nays 0; April 29, 2013, sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1208 | By: Rodriguez | |
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| relating to the creation of a regional food economy and food access | ||
| task force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. REGIONAL FOOD ECONOMY AND FOOD ACCESS TASK | ||
| FORCE. (a) The regional food economy and food access task force is | ||
| created to study and provide recommendations to the legislature on | ||
| developing this state's regional food economy and improving access | ||
| to healthy food for the people in this state. | ||
| (b) The task force consists of nine members appointed as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) one member who is a representative of the food | ||
| retail industry with experience in grocery stores, appointed by the | ||
| governor; | ||
| (2) one member who is a physician with experience in | ||
| public health, appointed by the commissioner of state health | ||
| services; | ||
| (3) one member who is a representative of a community | ||
| development financial institution, appointed by the governor; | ||
| (4) one member who is a large-scale farmer, as defined | ||
| by the United States Department of Agriculture, appointed by the | ||
| lieutenant governor; | ||
| (5) one member who is a small-scale farmer, as defined | ||
| by the United States Department of Agriculture, with experience in | ||
| farmers markets, appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
| (6) one member who is a representative of a food bank, | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
| (7) one member who is a representative of a regional | ||
| food advocacy group, appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives; | ||
| (8) one representative of the Texas Department of | ||
| Agriculture, appointed by the commissioner of agriculture; and | ||
| (9) one representative of the Texas A&M AgriLife | ||
| Extension Service, appointed by the chancellor of The Texas A&M | ||
| University System. | ||
| (c) The representative of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension | ||
| Service serves as the presiding officer of the task force. | ||
| (d) A task force member is not entitled to compensation or | ||
| reimbursement of expenses. | ||
| (e) The task force shall: | ||
| (1) examine the following food economy goals: | ||
| (A) creating and retaining family-wage jobs; | ||
| (B) expanding export and local markets for | ||
| regional products; | ||
| (C) developing regional public-private | ||
| partnerships and leveraging existing public-private partnership | ||
| efforts; and | ||
| (D) improving access to healthy food and food | ||
| security, protecting natural resources, and enhancing community | ||
| connections; and | ||
| (2) develop recommendations for legislation and state | ||
| agency programming that will improve this state's regional food | ||
| economy and improve access to healthy food for the people in this | ||
| state. | ||
| (f) The task force shall meet not later than the 30th day | ||
| after the date the last initial appointment is made. The task force | ||
| shall meet regularly as necessary at the call of the presiding | ||
| officer. | ||
| (g) Not later than September 1, 2014, the task force shall: | ||
| (1) submit to the legislature a report outlining | ||
| legislative recommendations and recommendations for state agency | ||
| programming; and | ||
| (2) provide a presentation on the task force's | ||
| recommendations to the standing committee of each house of the | ||
| legislature with primary jurisdiction over economic development. | ||
| SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. The task force established under | ||
| this Act is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2013. | ||
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