H.B. No. 1424
AN ACT
relating to increasing penalties for defendants convicted of the
manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 481.119(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended 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.
An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor, except
that the offense is:
(1) a state jail felony, if the person has been
previously convicted of an offense under this subsection; or
(2) a felony of the third degree, if the person has
been previously convicted two or more times of an offense under this
subsection.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1424 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1424 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1424 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor