By Danburg H.B. No. 1598 76R3275 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the designation of certain substances as Schedule I 1-3 controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 481, Health and Safety 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 481.037 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 481.037. FLUNITRAZEPAM AND GAMMA HYDROXYBUTYRATE. (a) 1-8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, Schedule I 1-9 includes: 1-10 (1) Flunitrazepam; and 1-11 (2) Gamma hydroxybutyrate. 1-12 (b) Notwithstanding Sections 481.032(a) and 481.034, the 1-13 commissioner may not modify Schedule I to exclude: 1-14 (1) Flunitrazepam; or 1-15 (2) Gamma hydroxybutyrate. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.