By: Taylor of Collin, et al.	S.B. No. 1583
	(Fletcher)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to classifying synthetic cannabinoid or cathinone as a
	Schedule I controlled substance under the Texas Controlled
	Substances Act; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Section 481.038 to read as follows:
	Sec. 481.038.  SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID OR CATHINONE.
	(a)  Schedule I includes any synthetic cannabinoid or cathinone
	designer drug that is not regulated by the United States Food and
	Drug Administration or by the laws of this state but that is similar
	by structure or pharmacological effect to a Schedule I or II
	controlled substance that is regulated under federal law or the
	laws of this state.  For purposes of this section, a substance is
	similar by structure or pharmacological effect to a Schedule I or II
	controlled substance if the substance contains a majority of
	functional features in a similar chemical structural arrangement or
	otherwise mimics the pharmacological effect of a Schedule I or II
	controlled substance.
	(b)  Any compound of a designer drug described by Subsection
	(a) that is manufactured, formulated, sold, distributed, or
	marketed with the intent to circumvent the law under this chapter or
	federal law is a Schedule I controlled substance.
	(c)  Examples of synthetic cannabinoid designer drugs
	include substances that are generated using a three-component
	pharmacophore model. Synthetic cannabinoid designer drugs that
	contain one or more components of a controlled substance in
	Schedule I or II under federal or state law are analogues of
	Schedule I or II controlled substances.
	(d)  Nothing in this section affects an exemption provided
	under state law to a person who possesses for a lawful purpose a
	chemical formula defined as a controlled substance.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.