87R1525 EAS-F
 
  By: Minjarez H.B. No. 126
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exception to the application of the offense of
  possessing or delivering drug paraphernalia for persons involved in
  certain pilot programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be cited as the Honorable Ruth
  Jones McClendon Act.
         SECTION 2.  Section 481.125, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  It is an exception to the application of Subsections (a)
  and (b) that the person is an employee, volunteer, duly authorized
  agent, or participant in, or is otherwise involved in operating, a
  pilot program established under other law to prevent the spread of
  certain infectious and communicable diseases.
         SECTION 3.  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 is committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
  before the effective date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.