79R1142 JRJ-D

By:  Driver                                                       H.B. No. 1591



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to enhancing the penalty for manufacture or delivery of 
methamphetamine.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 481.112, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), an [An] offense 
under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony if the amount of the 
controlled substance to which the offense applies is, by aggregate 
weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram.
	(g)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the third 
degree if the controlled substance to which the offense applies is 
methamphetamine, including its salts, optical isomers, and salts of 
optical isomers, in an amount, by aggregate weight, including 
adulterants or dilutants, of less than one gram.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.