By Chisum, Allen                                       H.B. No. 163
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the offense of possession of a controlled substance or
 1-3     dangerous drug in a correctional facility.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 38.11(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           (d)  A person commits an offense if the person possesses a
 1-8     controlled substance or dangerous drug while:
 1-9                 (1)  on property owned, used, or controlled by the
1-10     Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
1-11                 (2)  in a correctional facility.
1-12           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-13     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-14     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-15     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-16     before the effective date.
1-17           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-18     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-19     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-20           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-21           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-22     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-1     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.