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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to classification of a liquid substance used to fill an |
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electronic cigarette as a hazardous substance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 501.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A hazardous substance is: |
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(1) a substance or mixture of substances that is |
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toxic, corrosive, extremely flammable, flammable, combustible, an |
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irritant, or a strong sensitizer, or that generates pressure |
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through decomposition, heat, or other means, if the substance or |
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mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or |
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substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any |
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customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including |
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reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children; |
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(2) a toy or other article, other than clothing, that |
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is intended for use by a child and that presents an electrical, |
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mechanical, or thermal hazard; [or] |
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(3) a radioactive substance designated as a hazardous |
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substance under Section 501.003; or |
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(4) a liquid substance used to fill or refill a device |
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that simulates smoking by using a mechanical heating element, |
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battery, or electronic circuit to deliver vapor that may include |
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nicotine to an individual inhaling from the device. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |