TITLE: Relating to certain donations by school districts or public schools of food provided to the district or school through the national free or reduced-price school lunch program.

SUMMARY: Relating to certain donations by school districts or public schools of food provided to the district or school through the national free or reduced-price school lunch program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to certain donations by school districts or public schools of food provided to the district or school through the national free or reduced-price school lunch program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.905 to read as follows: Sec. 33.905. DONATIONS OF FOOD. (a) A school district or school participating in the national free or reduced-price lunch program established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq. may donate any food provided to the district or school through the program and not consumed under the program to a local food bank or charitable organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code. (b) A school district or school making a donation under Subsection (a) is exempt from civil and criminal liability to the extent provided under 42 U.S.C. Section 1791. 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.