S.B. 613 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 613
By: Nelson
Law Enforcement
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Senate Bill 613 amends the Transportation Code provision that
automatically suspends the license of a person under 21 years of age for a
conviction of chemical abuse to correct a cross-reference to the
applicable Health and Safety Code chapter and adds one term to maintain
consistency with that chapter. 

          
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 
 

ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 613 amends Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code, to replace
a reference to Chapter 484, Health and Safety Code with Chapter 485
(Abusable Volatile Chemicals), and adds the word "abusable," so that the
reference in the Transportation Code is consistent with the applicable
Health and Safety Code provisions regarding the manufacture, delivery,
possession, transportation, or use of an abusable volatile chemical. 


EFFECTIVE DATE

This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.