By:  Armbrister                                       S.B. No. 1116
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to an exception to the offense of contributing to the
 1-2     delinquency of a narcotic addict.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 463, Health and Safety
 1-5     Code, is amended by adding Section 463.013 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 463.013.  EXCEPTION.  (a)  In this section, "informant"
 1-7     means a person who has communicated information to a law
 1-8     enforcement official in connection with a law enforcement function.
 1-9           (b)  It is an exception to the application of Section
1-10     463.011(b) that the person is a law enforcement official and the
1-11     narcotic addict is an informant.
1-12           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-13           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies to an offense
1-14     committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
1-15     However, a final conviction for an offense under Section 463.011,
1-16     Health and Safety Code, that exists on the effective date of this
1-17     Act is unaffected by this Act.
1-18           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-19     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.