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2011 Florida Statutes

Title XXXV AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY
Chapter 570 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Entire Chapter
SECTION 984
Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council.
F.S. 570.984
1570.984 Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council.—
(1) There is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council, which shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The council shall advise the department on matters relating to nutritional standards and the prevention of childhood obesity, nutrition education, anaphylaxis, and other needs to further the development of the various school nutrition programs.
(2) The meetings, powers, duties, procedures, and recordkeeping of the Healthy Schools for Healthy Lives Council shall be governed by s. 570.0705, relating to advisory committees established within the department.
History.—s. 9, ch. 2011-217.
1Note.—

A. Section 10, ch. 2011-217, provides that “[t]his section shall take effect upon this act becoming a law and, within 30 days thereafter, the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shall develop and submit to the United States Department of Agriculture a request for a waiver required to transfer administration of the school food service and nutrition programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Upon receipt of the United States Department of Agriculture’s approval or denial of the request for a waiver, the Department of Education shall immediately notify in writing the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the decision of the United States Department of Agriculture. The notification shall include a copy of the United States Department of Agriculture’s approval or denial of the request for a waiver.”

B. Section 11, ch. 2011-217, provides that “[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect January 1, 2012, if the United States Department of Agriculture approves the request for a waiver, pursuant to section 9 of this act, on or before November 1, 2011.” The request for a waiver is pursuant to s. 10, ch. 2011-217, not s. 9.