| 1 | 1 | | 84R8444 SCL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Garcia S.B. No. 706 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to classification of a liquid substance used to fill an |
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| 8 | 8 | | electronic cigarette as a hazardous substance. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 501.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A hazardous substance is: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) a substance or mixture of substances that is |
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| 14 | 14 | | toxic, corrosive, extremely flammable, flammable, combustible, an |
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| 15 | 15 | | irritant, or a strong sensitizer, or that generates pressure |
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| 16 | 16 | | through decomposition, heat, or other means, if the substance or |
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| 17 | 17 | | mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or |
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| 18 | 18 | | substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any |
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| 19 | 19 | | customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including |
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| 20 | 20 | | reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a toy or other article, other than clothing, that |
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| 22 | 22 | | is intended for use by a child and that presents an electrical, |
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| 23 | 23 | | mechanical, or thermal hazard; [or] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) a radioactive substance designated as a hazardous |
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| 25 | 25 | | substance under Section 501.003; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) a liquid substance used to fill or refill a device |
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| 27 | 27 | | that simulates smoking by using a mechanical heating element, |
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| 28 | 28 | | battery, or electronic circuit to deliver vapor that may include |
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| 29 | 29 | | nicotine to an individual inhaling from the device. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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