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Amend CSSB 21 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 4 of the bill (page 1, lines 41 and 42), strike "Sections 161.082(a) and (e), Health and Safety Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 161.082, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (f)".
(2) In SECTION 4 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 161.082(e), Health and Safety Code, (page 1, between lines 59 and 60), insert the following new subsection:
(f) It is an exception to prosecution under Subsection (a)(1) that the person to whom the cigarette, e-cigarette, or tobacco product was sold:
(1) is at least 18 years of age;
(2) is on active duty in the United States military forces or the state military forces; and
(3) presented at the time of purchase a valid military identification card.
(3) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in amended Section 161.084(b), Health and Safety Code (page 2, line 31), immediately following "WEIGHT.", insert the following:
THE PROHIBITIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE DO NOT APPLY TO A PERSON WHO IS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FORCES OR STATE MILITARY FORCES.
(4) In SECTION 13 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 161.252(c), Health and Safety Code (page 4, between lines 34 and 35), insert the following new subsection:
(c-1) It is an exception to the application of this section that the individual younger than 21 years of age:
(1) is at least 18 years of age;
(2) is on active duty in the United States military forces or the state military forces; and
(3) presents at the time of purchase a valid military identification card.