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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled |
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substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 481.002(50), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(50) "Abuse unit" means: |
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(A) except as provided by Paragraph (B): |
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(i) a single unit on or in any adulterant, |
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dilutant, or similar carrier medium, including marked or perforated |
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blotter paper, a tablet, gelatin wafer, sugar cube, or stamp, or |
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other medium that contains any amount of a controlled substance |
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listed in Penalty Group 1-A, if the unit is commonly used in abuse |
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of that substance; or |
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(ii) each 10 milligrams [quarter-inch |
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square section] of paper, calculated by rounding the weight down to |
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the nearest whole number, if the adulterant, dilutant, or carrier |
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medium is paper not marked or perforated into individual abuse |
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units; or |
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(B) if the controlled substance is in liquid or |
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solid form, 40 micrograms of the controlled substance including any |
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adulterant or dilutant. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |