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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exception to the application of the offense of |
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possessing or delivering drug paraphernalia for persons involved in |
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certain pilot programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be cited as the Honorable Ruth |
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Jones McClendon Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) It is an exception to the application of Subsections (a) |
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and (b) that the person is an employee, volunteer, duly authorized |
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agent, or participant in, or is otherwise involved in operating, a |
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pilot program established under other law to prevent the spread of |
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certain infectious and communicable diseases. |
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SECTION 3. 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 when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before the effective date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |