S.B. No. 1197 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.