Bill Text: TX SB1666 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to excepting manufacturers engaged in certain commercial research and development from certain provisions of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-22 - Effective immediately [SB1666 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1666-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1666 |
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relating to excepting manufacturers engaged in certain commercial | ||
research and development from certain provisions of the Texas | ||
Controlled Substances Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 481.080, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) This section does not apply to a chemical manufacturer | ||
engaged in commercial research and development: | ||
(1) whose primary business is the manufacture, use, | ||
storage, or transportation of hazardous, combustible, or explosive | ||
materials; | ||
(2) that operates a secure, restricted location that | ||
contains a physical plant not open to the public, the ingress into | ||
which is constantly monitored by security personnel; and | ||
(3) that holds: | ||
(A) a Voluntary Protection Program Certification | ||
under Section (2)(b)(1), Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 | ||
(29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.); or | ||
(B) a Facility Operations Area authorization | ||
under the Texas Risk Reduction Program (30 T.A.C. Chapter 350). | ||
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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1666 passed the Senate on | ||
April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1666 passed the House on | ||
May 8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, two present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |