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