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| 1 | 1 | 83R8848 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 2914 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the penalty for possession of certain small amounts of | |
| 8 | 8 | controlled substances in Penalty Group 1. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 481.115(b), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony | |
| 13 | 13 | if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by | |
| 14 | 14 | aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, a usable | |
| 15 | 15 | quantity that is more than 0.02 grams but less than one gram. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 18 | 18 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 19 | 19 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 20 | 20 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 21 | 21 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was | |
| 23 | 23 | committed before that date. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |