84R4661 JSC-D
By: Bell H.B. No. 673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of certain controlled substances in the body
constituting intoxication for purposes of certain intoxication
offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(2) "Intoxicated" means:
(A) not having the normal use of mental or
physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of
two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the
body; [or]
(B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or
more; or
(C) having present in the body any detectable
amount of a controlled substance or a metabolite of a controlled
substance listed in:
(i) Penalty Group 1 under Section 481.102,
Health and Safety Code;
(ii) Penalty Group 1-A under Section
481.1021, Health and Safety Code; or
(iii) Penalty Group 2 under Section
481.103, Health and Safety Code.
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.