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| 1 | 1 | 87R1525 EAS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Minjarez H.B. No. 126 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an exception to the application of the offense of | |
| 8 | 8 | possessing or delivering drug paraphernalia for persons involved in | |
| 9 | 9 | certain pilot programs. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. This Act shall be cited as the Honorable Ruth | |
| 12 | 12 | Jones McClendon Act. | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 2. Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (g) It is an exception to the application of Subsections (a) | |
| 16 | 16 | and (b) that the person is an employee, volunteer, duly authorized | |
| 17 | 17 | agent, or participant in, or is otherwise involved in operating, a | |
| 18 | 18 | pilot program established under other law to prevent the spread of | |
| 19 | 19 | certain infectious and communicable diseases. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 22 | 22 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 23 | 23 | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | |
| 24 | 24 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 25 | 25 | purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the | |
| 26 | 26 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs | |
| 27 | 27 | before the effective date. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |