Texas Agriculture Code

§ 48.001 — CREATION

AG § 48.001Title 3. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND PROMOTION · Ch. 48. AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN CERTAIN URBAN SCHOOLS

Statute text

(a)Consistent with this chapter, the department by rule shall develop a program to award grants to public elementary and middle schools located in large urban school districts for the purpose of establishing:

(1)demonstration agricultural projects; or

(2)other projects designed to foster an understanding and awareness of agriculture.

(b)The department may award a grant under this chapter to a nonprofit organization that partners with a school described by Subsection (a) to establish a project described by Subsection (a) at the school. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 975, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 9, Sec. 1, eff. April 11, 2001. Renumbered from Sec. 46.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by:

Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (S.B. 827), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (S.B. 199), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.