By Keel H.B. No. 513 77R3014 YDB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the medical use of marihuana. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-6 (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this 1-7 section that the person possessed marihuana as a patient of a 1-8 licensed physician and pursuant to the recommendation of that 1-9 physician for the amelioration of a bona fide medical condition. 1-10 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-11 (b) The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act applies 1-12 only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2001. For 1-13 the purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-14 September 1, 2001, if any element of the offense occurs before that 1-15 date. 1-16 (c) An offense committed before September 1, 2001, is 1-17 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and 1-18 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.