Texas 2023 88th 4th C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB29 Introduced / Bill

Filed 11/09/2023

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                    88S40115 CJD-D
 By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 29


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of
 testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance
 listed in Penalty Group 1-B.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
 (j)  This section does not apply to a person who uses,
 possesses with intent to use, delivers, possesses with intent to
 deliver, or manufactures with intent to deliver testing equipment
 that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group
 1-B.
 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 at the time 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 on the 91st day after the
 last day of the legislative session.