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AN ACT
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relating to increasing penalties for defendants convicted of the |
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manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.119(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly |
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manufactures, delivers, or possesses with intent to deliver a |
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controlled substance listed in a schedule by an action of the |
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commissioner under this chapter but not listed in a penalty group. |
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An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor, except |
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that the offense is: |
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(1) a state jail felony, if the person has been |
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previously convicted of an offense under this subsection; or |
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(2) a felony of the third degree, if the person has |
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been previously convicted two or more times of an offense under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1424 was passed by the House on May |
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12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1424 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1424 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |