81R8837 PEP-F
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 3228
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the offense of prohibited substances and items in
  correctional facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 38.11, Penal Code, as amended by
  Chapters 949 (H.B. 1575) and 1092 (H.B. 2077), Acts of the 79th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 38.11.  PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND ITEMS IN [ADULT OR
  JUVENILE] CORRECTIONAL [OR DETENTION] FACILITY [OR ON PROPERTY OF
  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OR TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION].  
  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person provides:
               (1)  an alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or
  dangerous drug to [an inmate of a correctional facility or to] a
  person in the custody of a [secure] correctional facility [or
  secure detention facility for juveniles], except on the
  prescription of a [physician or] practitioner[, as defined in
  Section 551.003, Occupations Code];
               (2)  a deadly weapon to [an inmate of a correctional
  facility or to] a person in the custody of a [secure] correctional
  facility [or secure detention facility for juveniles];
               (3)  a cellular telephone or other wireless
  communications device or a component of one of those devices[,
  cigarette, tobacco product, or money] to a person in the custody [an
  inmate] of a correctional facility [operated by or under contract
  with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or to a person in the
  custody of a secure correctional facility or secure detention
  facility for juveniles, except for money that is provided for the
  benefit of the juvenile in accordance with facility rules];
               (4)  [a cellular telephone or] money to a person
  confined in a correctional facility [local jail regulated by the
  Commission on Jail Standards]; or
               (5)  a cigarette or tobacco product to a person
  confined in a correctional facility, except that if the facility is
  a local jail regulated by the Commission on Jail Standards, the
  person commits an offense only if [and in] providing the cigarette
  or tobacco product [the person] violates a rule or regulation
  adopted by the sheriff or jail administrator that:
                     (A)  prohibits the possession of a cigarette or
  tobacco product by a person [an inmate] confined in the jail; or
                     (B)  places restrictions on:
                           (i)  the possession of a cigarette or
  tobacco product by a person [an inmate] confined in the jail; or
                           (ii)  the manner in which a cigarette or
  tobacco product may be provided to a person [an inmate] confined in
  the jail.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person takes an
  alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or dangerous drug into a
  correctional facility [or a secure correctional facility or secure
  detention facility for juveniles, except for delivery to a facility
  warehouse, pharmacy, or physician].
         (c)  A person commits an offense if the person takes a
  controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or
  controlled by a correctional facility [the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, or a secure
  correctional facility or secure detention facility for juveniles,
  except for delivery to a warehouse, pharmacy, or physician on
  property owned, used, or controlled by the department, the
  commission, or the facility].
         (d)  A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  possesses a controlled substance or dangerous drug
  while in a correctional facility or[:
                     [(A)]  on property owned, used, or controlled by
  [the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth
  Commission, or] a [secure] correctional facility [or secure
  detention facility for juveniles; or
                     [(B)     in a correctional facility or a secure
  correctional facility or secure detention facility for juveniles];
  or
               (2)  possesses a deadly weapon while in a correctional
  facility [or in a secure correctional facility or secure detention
  facility for juveniles].
         (e)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
  Subsection (b), (c), or (d)(1) [of this section] that the person
  possessed the alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or
  dangerous drug pursuant to a prescription issued by a practitioner
  or while delivering the beverage, substance, or drug to a
  warehouse, pharmacy, or practitioner [physician] on property
  owned, used, or controlled by the [department, the Texas Youth
  Commission, or by the operator of a secure] correctional facility
  [or secure detention facility for juveniles].  It is an affirmative
  defense to prosecution under Subsection (d)(2) [of this section]
  that the person possessing the deadly weapon is a peace officer or
  is an officer or employee of the correctional facility who is 
  authorized to possess the deadly weapon while on duty or traveling
  to or from the person's place of assignment.
         (f)  In this section:
               (1)  "Practitioner" has the meaning assigned by Section
  481.002, Health and Safety Code.
               (2)  "Prescription" has the meaning assigned by Section
  481.002, Health and Safety Code.
               (3)  "Cigarette" has the meaning assigned by Section
  154.001, Tax Code.
               (4)  "Tobacco product" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 155.001, Tax Code.
               (5)  "Correctional facility" means:
                     (A)  any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14);
  or
                     (B)  a secure correctional facility or secure
  detention facility, as defined ["Secure correctional facility" and
  "secure detention facility" have the meanings assigned] by Section
  51.02, Family Code.
         (g)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
  degree.
         (h)  Notwithstanding Section 15.01(d), if a person commits
  the offense of criminal attempt to commit an offense under
  Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (c), the offense committed under
  Section 15.01 is a felony of the third degree.
         (i)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
  Subsection (b) that the actor:
               (1)  is a duly authorized member of the clergy with
  rights and privileges granted by an ordaining authority that
  includes administration of a religious ritual or ceremony requiring
  the presence or consumption of an alcoholic beverage;  and
               (2)  takes four ounces or less of an alcoholic beverage
  into the correctional facility [or the secure correctional facility
  or secure detention facility for juveniles] and personally consumes
  all of the alcoholic beverage or departs from the facility with any
  portion of the beverage not consumed.
         (j)  A person commits an offense if the person while confined
  in [an inmate of] a correctional facility [operated by or under
  contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or while in
  the custody of a secure correctional facility or secure detention
  facility for juveniles] possesses a cellular telephone or other
  wireless communications device or a component of one of those
  devices.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.