By Truan                                              S.B. No. 1427
         77R5944 GWK-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to venue in the prosecution of cases involving the
 1-3     possession or delivery of controlled substances.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article 13.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Art. 13.22.  POSSESSION AND DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
 1-8     [MARIHUANA].  An offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code,
 1-9     of possession or delivery of a controlled substance [marihuana] may
1-10     be prosecuted in the county where the offense was committed or with
1-11     the consent of the defendant in a county that is adjacent to and in
1-12     the same judicial district as the county where the offense was
1-13     committed.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-15     applies only to the prosecution of an offense commenced by the
1-16     filing of an indictment or information on or after that date.  A
1-17     prosecution commenced before September 1, 2001, is controlled by
1-18     the law in effect when the prosecution was commenced, and the
1-19     former law is continued in effect for that purpose.