79R2965 JD-D
By: Solomons H.B. No. 374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while having certain
amounts of certain controlled substances in the body.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(2) "Intoxicated" means:
(A) not having the normal use of mental or
physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of
two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the
body; [or]
(B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or
more; or
(C) having one of the following controlled
substances in the body above the specified concentration per
milliliter of urine as shown by an enzyme multiplied immunoassay
technique screening test:
(i) for an amphetamine, 1,000 nanograms;
(ii) for a cannabinoid, 50 nanograms;
(iii) for cocaine, 300 nanograms;
(iv) for an opiate, 2,000 nanograms; or
(v) for phencyclidine, 25 nanograms.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.