Bill Text: TX SB1785 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by the School Health Advisory Committee regarding commercial advertisements on public school property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Education [SB1785 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1785-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1785 | |
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| relating to a study conducted by the School Health Advisory | ||
| Committee regarding commercial advertisements on public school | ||
| property. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Committee" means the School Health Advisory | ||
| Committee established under Section 1001.0711, Health and Safety | ||
| Code. | ||
| (2) "Public school property" means any property owned | ||
| by a public school. The term includes buildings, vehicles, lockers, | ||
| school buses, and real property, including football fields. | ||
| (b) The committee shall conduct a study regarding the use of | ||
| commercial advertisements on public school property. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1, 2014, the committee shall | ||
| submit a report regarding the results of the study to the Department | ||
| of State Health Services, the Department of Agriculture, the house | ||
| committee on public health, the senate committee on health and | ||
| human services, the house committee on public education, and the | ||
| senate committee on education. The report must include: | ||
| (1) an economic impact statement that estimates the | ||
| financial benefit to public schools of placing commercial | ||
| advertisements on public school property; | ||
| (2) an assessment of the types of and content of | ||
| commercial advertisements found on public school property; | ||
| (3) a description of the restrictions or rules | ||
| affecting a commercial entity's ability to advertise on public | ||
| school property; | ||
| (4) an evaluation of the different messages conveyed | ||
| by commercial advertisements on public school property; and | ||
| (5) an assessment of the frequency with which food is | ||
| advertised on public school property and of the types of healthy and | ||
| unhealthy food options that are advertised on public school | ||
| property. | ||
| (d) This Act expires January 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
