88R7751 PRL-D     By: Guillen H.B. No. 4045       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the donation of food by a school district or   open-enrollment charter school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 33.907, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:          (e-1)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school   that adopts a policy under Subsection (e) shall make a good faith   attempt to donate, in the manner provided under Subsection (b), any   eligible, unused food not provided to a student before disposing of   the food as waste.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024   school year.          SECTION 3.  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, 2023.