TITLE: Relating to a study conducted by the School Health Advisory Committee regarding commercial advertisements on public school property.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study conducted by the School Health Advisory Committee regarding commercial advertisements on public school property.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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.