By: Estes, Shapiro  S.B. No. 348
         (In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2011; February 2, 2011,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 7, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 7, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the sale or delivery of salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A
  to a child; providing a penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 48, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 48.03 to read as follows:
         Sec. 48.03.  PROHIBITION RELATING TO SALE OR DELIVERY OF
  SALVIA DIVINORUM TO CHILD. (a)  In this section, "child" means a
  person younger than 18 years of age.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person, with criminal
  negligence, sells, delivers, or causes to be sold or delivered
  salvia divinorum, Salvinorin A, or a product containing salvia
  divinorum or Salvinorin A to a child or to another person who
  intends to deliver it to a child.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
         (d)  It is not a defense to prosecution under this section
  that, at the time of the offense, the actor was an employee of a
  retail establishment that sold or offered for sale salvia
  divinorum, Salvinorin A, or a product containing salvia divinorum
  or Salvinorin A.
         (e)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
  the child presented to the actor an apparently valid proof of
  identification, including a driver's license issued by this state
  or another state, a passport, or an identification certificate or
  card issued by a state or the federal government. A proof of
  identification satisfies the requirements of this subsection if the
  identification:
               (1)  contains a physical description and photograph
  consistent with the person's appearance;
               (2)  purports to establish that the person is 18 years
  of age or older; and
               (3)  was issued by a governmental agency.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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