Bill Text: TX HB3191 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the penalty for delivery of certain miscellaneous substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3191 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3191-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Phillips | H.B. No. 3191 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3191: | |||
By: Herrero | C.S.H.B. No. 3191 |
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relating to the penalty for delivery of certain miscellaneous | ||
substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; increasing a | ||
criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 481.119, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly | ||
manufactures, delivers, or possesses with intent to deliver a | ||
controlled substance listed in a schedule by an action of the | ||
commissioner under this chapter but not listed in a penalty group. | ||
Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [ |
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subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony | ||
if the actor: | ||
(1) was 18 years of age or older at the time of the | ||
offense; and | ||
(2) delivered a controlled substance described by that | ||
subsection to: | ||
(A) a person who, at the time of the offense, was: | ||
(i) younger than 18 years of age; or | ||
(ii) enrolled in a public or private | ||
primary or secondary school; or | ||
(B) a person that the actor knew or believed | ||
intended to deliver the controlled substance to a person described | ||
by Paragraph (A). | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |