By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1197
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the exemption of certain substances from Schedules I
    1-2  through V of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 481.037, Health and Safety Code, is
    1-5  amended by adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
    1-6        (e)  A nonnarcotic prescription substance is exempted from
    1-7  Schedules I through V and the application of this chapter to the
    1-8  same extent that the substance has been exempted from the
    1-9  application of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, if the
   1-10  substance is listed as an exempt prescription product under 21
   1-11  C.F.R. Section 1308.32 and its subsequent amendments.
   1-12        (f)  A chemical substance that is intended for laboratory,
   1-13  industrial, educational, or special research purposes and not for
   1-14  general administration to a human being or other animal is exempted
   1-15  from Schedules I through V and the application of this chapter to
   1-16  the same extent that the substance has been exempted from the
   1-17  application of the Federal Controlled Substances Act, if the
   1-18  substance is listed as an exempt chemical preparation under 21
   1-19  C.F.R. Section 1308.24 and its subsequent amendments.
   1-20        (g)  An anabolic steroid product, which has no significant
   1-21  potential for abuse due to concentration, preparation, mixture, or
   1-22  delivery system, is exempted from Schedules I through V and the
   1-23  application of this chapter to the same extent that the substance
   1-24  has been exempted from the application of the Federal Controlled
    2-1  Substances Act, if the substance is listed as an exempt anabolic
    2-2  steroid product under 21 C.F.R. Section 1308.34 and its subsequent
    2-3  amendments.
    2-4        SECTION 2.  The exemption of a substance under Subsection
    2-5  (e), (f), or (g), Section 481.037, Health and Safety Code, as added
    2-6  by this Act, does not apply to an offense committed under Chapter
    2-7  481, Health and Safety Code, before the effective date of this Act.
    2-8  An offense committed before that date is covered by the law as it
    2-9  existed on the date on which the offense was committed, and the
   2-10  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
   2-11        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
   2-12        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-13  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-14  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-15  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-16  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.