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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of a dangerous drug in the Texas |
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Dangerous Drug Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 483.001(2), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Dangerous drug" means a [device or a] drug that is |
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unsafe for self-medication and that is not included in [Schedules I
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through V or] Penalty Groups 1 through 4 of Chapter 481 (Texas |
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Controlled Substances Act). The term includes a [device or a] drug |
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that bears or is required to bear the legend: |
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(A) "Caution: federal law prohibits dispensing |
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without prescription" or "Rx only" or another legend that complies |
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with federal law; or |
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(B) "Caution: federal law restricts this drug to |
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use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian." |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
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the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |