84R9066 JSC-D
 
  By: Simpson H.B. No. 2165
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to repealing marihuana offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The following provisions are repealed:
               (1)  Article 13.22, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  Sections 481.002(26), 481.120, and 481.121,
  Health and Safety Code; and
               (3)  Sections 159.001(4) and 159.101(e), Tax Code.
         SECTION 2.  Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with
  committing an offense under:
               (1)  [Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
  section;
               [(1-a)]  Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if
  the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
  section;
               (2)  Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section;
               (3)  Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (b)(1) of that section;
               (4)  Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section;
               (5)  Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section;
               (6)  Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or
               (7)  Section 521.457, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 3.  Article 15.27(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (h)  This article applies to any felony offense and the
  following misdemeanors:
               (1)  an offense under Section 20.02, 21.08, 22.01,
  22.05, 22.07, or 71.02, Penal Code;
               (2)  the unlawful use, sale, or possession of a
  controlled substance or [,] drug paraphernalia, [or marihuana,] as
  defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or
               (3)  the unlawful possession of any of the weapons or
  devices listed in Sections 46.01(1)-(14) or (16), Penal Code, or a
  weapon listed as a prohibited weapon under Section 46.05, Penal
  Code.
         SECTION 4.  Section 4, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 4.  OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTIONS MAY BE
  AUTHORIZED.  A judge of competent jurisdiction may issue an order
  authorizing interception of wire, oral, or electronic
  communications only if the prosecutor applying for the order shows
  probable cause to believe that the interception will provide
  evidence of the commission of:
               (1)  a felony under Section 19.02, 19.03, or 43.26,
  Penal Code;
               (2)  a felony under:
                     (A)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code[, other
  than felony possession of marihuana];
                     (B)  Section 485.032, Health and Safety Code; or
                     (C)  Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;
               (3)  an offense under Section 20.03 or 20.04, Penal
  Code;
               (4)  an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
               (5)  an offense under Chapter 34, Penal Code, if the
  criminal activity giving rise to the proceeds involves the
  commission of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or an offense
  under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements
  that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under
  Title 5;
               (6)  an offense under Section 38.11, Penal Code; or
               (7)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit
  an offense listed in this section.
         SECTION 5.  Section 15(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (1)  On conviction of a state jail felony under Section
  481.115(b), 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3),
  [481.121(b)(3),] or 481.129(g)(1), Health and Safety Code, that is
  punished under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the judge shall
  suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on
  community supervision, unless the defendant has previously been
  convicted of a felony, other than a felony punished under Section
  12.44(a), Penal Code, or unless the conviction resulted from an
  adjudication of the guilt of a defendant previously placed on
  deferred adjudication community supervision for the offense, in
  which event the judge may suspend the imposition of the sentence and
  place the defendant on community supervision or may order the
  sentence to be executed.  The provisions of this subdivision
  requiring the judge to suspend the imposition of the sentence and
  place the defendant on community supervision do not apply to a
  defendant who:
                     (A)  under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and
  Safety Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled
  substance; or
                     (B)  under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and
  Safety Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight,
  including adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance[;
  or
                     [(C)     under Section 481.121(b)(3), Health and
  Safety Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana].
         SECTION 6.  Section 15(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A judge may impose as a condition of community
  supervision that a defendant submit at the beginning of the period
  of community supervision to a term of confinement in a state jail
  felony facility for a term of not less than 90 days or more than 180
  days, or a term of not less than 90 days or more than one year if the
  defendant is convicted of an offense punishable as a state jail
  felony under Section 481.112, 481.1121, or 481.113, [or 481.120,]
  Health and Safety Code. A judge may not require a defendant to
  submit to both the term of confinement authorized by this
  subsection and a term of confinement under Section 5 or 12 of this
  article. For the purposes of this subsection, a defendant
  previously has been convicted of a felony regardless of whether the
  sentence for the previous conviction was actually imposed or was
  probated and suspended.
         SECTION 7.  Section 37.006(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A student shall be removed from class and placed in a
  disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section
  37.008 if the student:
               (1)  engages in conduct involving a public school that
  contains the elements of the offense of false alarm or report under
  Section 42.06, Penal Code, or terroristic threat under Section
  22.07, Penal Code; or
               (2)  commits the following on or within 300 feet of
  school property, as measured from any point on the school's real
  property boundary line, or while attending a school-sponsored or
  school-related activity on or off of school property:
                     (A)  engages in conduct punishable as a felony;
                     (B)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of the offense of assault under Section 22.01(a)(1), Penal Code;
                     (C)  sells, gives, or delivers to another person
  or possesses or uses or is under the influence of:
                           (i)  [marihuana or] a controlled substance,
  as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C.
  Section 801 et seq.; or
                           (ii)  a dangerous drug, as defined by
  Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;
                     (D)  sells, gives, or delivers to another person
  an alcoholic beverage, as defined by Section 1.04, Alcoholic
  Beverage Code, commits a serious act or offense while under the
  influence of alcohol, or possesses, uses, or is under the influence
  of an alcoholic beverage;
                     (E)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of an offense relating to an abusable volatile chemical under
  Sections 485.031 through 485.034, Health and Safety Code; or
                     (F)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of the offense of public lewdness under Section 21.07, Penal Code,
  or indecent exposure under Section 21.08, Penal Code.
         SECTION 8.  Section 37.007(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A student may be expelled if the student:
               (1)  engages in conduct involving a public school that
  contains the elements of the offense of false alarm or report under
  Section 42.06, Penal Code, or terroristic threat under Section
  22.07, Penal Code;
               (2)  while on or within 300 feet of school property, as
  measured from any point on the school's real property boundary
  line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related
  activity on or off of school property:
                     (A)  sells, gives, or delivers to another person
  or possesses, uses, or is under the influence of any amount of:
                           (i)  [marihuana or] a controlled substance,
  as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C.
  Section 801 et seq.;
                           (ii)  a dangerous drug, as defined by
  Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code; or
                           (iii)  an alcoholic beverage, as defined by
  Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
                     (B)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of an offense relating to an abusable volatile chemical under
  Sections 485.031 through 485.034, Health and Safety Code;
                     (C)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1), Penal Code, against a
  school district employee or a volunteer as defined by Section
  22.053; or
                     (D)  engages in conduct that contains the elements
  of the offense of deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;
               (3)  subject to Subsection (d), while within 300 feet
  of school property, as measured from any point on the school's real
  property boundary line:
                     (A)  engages in conduct specified by Subsection
  (a); or
                     (B)  possesses a firearm, as defined by 18 U.S.C.
  Section 921;
               (4)  engages in conduct that contains the elements of
  any offense listed in Subsection (a)(2)(A) or (C) or the offense of
  aggravated robbery under Section 29.03, Penal Code, against another
  student, without regard to whether the conduct occurs on or off of
  school property or while attending a school-sponsored or
  school-related activity on or off of school property; or
               (5)  engages in conduct that contains the elements of
  the offense of breach of computer security under Section 33.02,
  Penal Code, if:
                     (A)  the conduct involves accessing a computer,
  computer network, or computer system owned by or operated on behalf
  of a school district; and
                     (B)  the student knowingly:
                           (i)  alters, damages, or deletes school
  district property or information; or
                           (ii)  commits a breach of any other
  computer, computer network, or computer system.
         SECTION 9.  Section 37.015(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The principal of a public or private primary or
  secondary school, or a person designated by the principal under
  Subsection (d), shall notify any school district police department
  and the police department of the municipality in which the school is
  located or, if the school is not in a municipality, the sheriff of
  the county in which the school is located if the principal has
  reasonable grounds to believe that any of the following activities
  occur in school, on school property, or at a school-sponsored or
  school-related activity on or off school property, whether or not
  the activity is investigated by school security officers:
               (1)  conduct that may constitute an offense listed
  under Section 508.149, Government Code;
               (2)  deadly conduct under Section 22.05, Penal Code;
               (3)  a terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal
  Code;
               (4)  the use, sale, or possession of a controlled
  substance or [,] drug paraphernalia [, or marihuana] under Chapter
  481, Health and Safety Code;
               (5)  the possession of any of the weapons or devices
  listed under Sections 46.01(1)-(14) or Section 46.01(16), Penal
  Code;
               (6)  conduct that may constitute a criminal offense
  under Section 71.02, Penal Code; or
               (7)  conduct that may constitute a criminal offense for
  which a student may be expelled under Section 37.007(a), (d), or
  (e).
         SECTION 10.  Section 37.016, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 37.016.  REPORT OF DRUG OFFENSES; LIABILITY. A
  teacher, school administrator, or school employee is not liable in
  civil damages for reporting to a school administrator or
  governmental authority, in the exercise of professional judgment
  within the scope of the teacher's, administrator's, or employee's
  duties, a student whom the teacher suspects of using, passing, or
  selling, on school property:
               (1)  [marihuana or] a controlled substance, as defined
  by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
               (2)  a dangerous drug, as defined by Chapter 483,
  Health and Safety Code;
               (3)  an abusable glue or aerosol paint, as defined by
  Chapter 485, Health and Safety Code, or a volatile chemical, as
  listed in Chapter 485 [484], Health and Safety Code, if the
  substance is used or sold for the purpose of inhaling its fumes or
  vapors; or
               (4)  an alcoholic beverage, as defined by Section 1.04,
  Alcoholic Beverage Code.
         SECTION 11.  Section 76.017(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The program must:
               (1)  include automatic screening and evaluation of a
  person arrested for an offense, other than a Class C misdemeanor, in
  which an element of the offense is the use or possession of alcohol
  or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance [or
  marihuana];
               (2)  include automatic screening and evaluation of a
  person arrested for an offense, other than a Class C misdemeanor, in
  which the use of alcohol or drugs is suspected to have significantly
  contributed to the offense for which the individual has been
  arrested;
               (3)  coordinate the evaluation and referral to
  treatment services; and
               (4)  make referrals for the appropriate treatment of a
  person determined to be in need of treatment, including referrals
  to a community corrections facility as defined by Section 509.001.
         SECTION 12.  Section 123.002, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 123.002.  AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM.  The
  commissioners court of a county or governing body of a municipality
  may establish the following types of drug court programs:
               (1)  drug courts for persons arrested for, charged
  with, or convicted of:
                     (A)  an offense in which an element of the offense
  is the use or possession of alcohol  or the use, possession, or sale
  of a controlled substance or [,] a controlled substance analogue [,
  or marihuana]; or
                     (B)  an offense in which the use of alcohol or a
  controlled substance is suspected to have significantly
  contributed to the commission of the offense and the offense did not
  involve:
                           (i)  carrying, possessing, or using a
  firearm or other dangerous weapon;
                           (ii)  the use of force against the person of
  another; or
                           (iii)  the death of or serious bodily injury
  to another;
               (2)  drug courts for juveniles detained for, taken into
  custody for, or adjudicated as having engaged in:
                     (A)  delinquent conduct, including habitual
  felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in
  which an element of the conduct is the use or possession of alcohol  
  or the use, possession, or sale of a controlled substance or [,] a
  controlled substance analogue [, or marihuana]; or
                     (B)  delinquent conduct, including habitual
  felony conduct, or conduct indicating a need for supervision in
  which the use of alcohol or a controlled substance is suspected to
  have significantly contributed to the commission of the conduct and
  the conduct did not involve:
                           (i)  carrying, possessing, or using a
  firearm or other dangerous weapon;
                           (ii)  the use of force against the person of
  another; or
                           (iii)  the death of or serious bodily injury
  to another;
               (3)  reentry drug courts for persons with a
  demonstrated history of using alcohol or a controlled substance who
  may benefit from a program designed to facilitate the person's
  transition and reintegration into the community on release from a
  state or local correctional facility;
               (4)  family dependency drug treatment courts for family
  members involved in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship
  in which a parent's use of alcohol or a controlled substance is a
  primary consideration in the outcome of the suit; or
               (5)  programs for other persons not precisely described
  by Subdivisions (1)-(4) who may benefit from a program that has the
  essential characteristics described by Section 123.001.
         SECTION 13.  Sections 481.002(17) and (25), Health and
  Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (17)  "Drug paraphernalia" means equipment, a product,
  or material that is used or intended for use in planting,
  propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing,
  compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing,
  testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing,
  or concealing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter
  or in injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into
  the human body a controlled substance in violation of this chapter.
  The term includes:
                     (A)  a kit used or intended for use in planting,
  propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting a species of plant
  that is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance
  may be derived;
                     (B)  a material, compound, mixture, preparation,
  or kit used or intended for use in manufacturing, compounding,
  converting, producing, processing, or preparing a controlled
  substance;
                     (C)  an isomerization device used or intended for
  use in increasing the potency of a species of plant that is a
  controlled substance;
                     (D)  testing equipment used or intended for use in
  identifying or in analyzing the strength, effectiveness, or purity
  of a controlled substance;
                     (E)  a scale or balance used or intended for use in
  weighing or measuring a controlled substance;
                     (F)  a dilutant or adulterant, such as quinine
  hydrochloride, mannitol, inositol, nicotinamide, dextrose,
  lactose, or absorbent, blotter-type material, that is used or
  intended to be used to increase the amount or weight of or to
  transfer a controlled substance regardless of whether the dilutant
  or adulterant diminishes the efficacy of the controlled substance;
                     (G)  [a separation gin or sifter used or intended
  for use in removing twigs and seeds from or in otherwise cleaning or
  refining marihuana;
                     [(H)]  a blender, bowl, container, spoon, or
  mixing device used or intended for use in compounding a controlled
  substance;
                     (H) [(I)]  a capsule, balloon, envelope, or other
  container used or intended for use in packaging small quantities of
  a controlled substance;
                     (I) [(J)]  a container or other object used or
  intended for use in storing or concealing a controlled substance;
                     (J) [(K)]  a hypodermic syringe, needle, or other
  object used or intended for use in parenterally injecting a
  controlled substance into the human body; and
                     (K) [(L)]  an object used or intended for use in
  ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing [marihuana,]
  cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, including:
                           (i)  a metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone,
  plastic, or ceramic pipe with or without a screen, permanent
  screen, hashish head, or punctured metal bowl;
                           (ii)  a water pipe;
                           (iii)  a carburetion tube or device;
                           (iv)  a smoking or carburetion mask;
                           (v)  a chamber pipe;
                           (vi)  a carburetor pipe;
                           (vii)  an electric pipe;
                           (viii)  an air-driven pipe;
                           (ix)  a chillum;
                           (x)  a bong; or
                           (xi)  an ice pipe or chiller.
               (25)  "Manufacture" means the production, preparation,
  propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a
  controlled substance [other than marihuana], directly or
  indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin,
  independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination
  of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes the packaging or
  repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its
  container. However, the term does not include the preparation,
  compounding, packaging, or labeling of a controlled substance:
                     (A)  by a practitioner as an incident to the
  practitioner's administering or dispensing a controlled substance
  in the course of professional practice; or
                     (B)  by a practitioner, or by an authorized agent
  under the supervision of the practitioner, for or as an incident to
  research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for delivery.
         SECTION 14.  Section 481.111(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A person does not violate Section 481.113, 481.116,
  481.1161, [481.121,] or 481.125 if the person possesses or delivers
  tetrahydrocannabinols or their derivatives, or drug paraphernalia
  to be used to introduce tetrahydrocannabinols or their derivatives
  into the human body, for use in a federally approved therapeutic
  research program.
         SECTION 15.  The heading to Section 481.122, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 481.122.  OFFENSE: DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE [OR
  MARIHUANA] TO CHILD.
         SECTION 16.  Sections 481.122(a) and (b), Health and Safety
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
  delivers a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1, 1-A, 2,
  or 3 [or knowingly delivers marihuana] and the person delivers the
  controlled substance [or marihuana] to a person:
               (1)  who is a child;
               (2)  who is enrolled in a public or private primary or
  secondary school; or
               (3)  who the actor knows or believes intends to deliver
  the controlled substance [or marihuana] to a person described by
  Subdivision (1) or (2).
         (b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
  section that[:
               [(1)]  the actor was a child when the offense was
  committed[; or
               [(2)  the actor:
                     [(A)     was younger than 21 years of age when the
  offense was committed;
                     [(B)     delivered only marihuana in an amount equal
  to or less than one-fourth ounce; and
                     [(C)     did not receive remuneration for the
  delivery].
         SECTION 17.  Section 481.126, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 481.126.  OFFENSE: ILLEGAL BARTER, EXPENDITURE, OR
  INVESTMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  barters property or expends funds the person knows
  are derived from the commission of an offense under this chapter
  punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice for life; or
               (2)  [barters property or expends funds the person
  knows are derived from the commission of an offense under Section
  481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(5);
               [(3)]  barters property or finances or invests funds
  the person knows or believes are intended to further the commission
  of an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision
  (1)[; or
               [(4)     barters property or finances or invests funds the
  person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of
  an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under
  Section 481.121(b)(5)].
         (b)  An offense under Subsection (a) [(a)(1) or (3)] is a
  felony of the first degree. [An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or
  (4) is a felony of the second degree.]
         SECTION 18.  Section 481.133(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In this section, "drug test" means a lawfully
  administered test designed to detect the presence of a controlled
  substance [or marihuana].
         SECTION 19.  Sections 481.134(b), (c), (d), (e), and (f),
  Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An offense otherwise punishable as a state jail felony
  under Section 481.112, 481.113, or 481.114 [, or 481.120] is
  punishable as a felony of the third degree, and an offense otherwise
  punishable as a felony of the second degree under any of those
  sections is punishable as a felony of the first degree, if it is
  shown at the punishment phase of the trial of the offense that the
  offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of premises owned,
  rented, or leased by an institution of higher learning, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  in, on, or within 300 feet of the premises of a
  public swimming pool or video arcade facility.
         (c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an
  offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or
  (f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e),
  481.115(c)-(f), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or
  (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), or 481.118(c), (d), or (e) [,
  481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or 481.121(b)(4), (5), or (6)] is
  increased by five years and the maximum fine for the offense is
  doubled if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the offense
  was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a
  school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a
  playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (d)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.112(b), 481.113(b), 481.114(b), 481.115(b), 481.116(b), or
  481.1161(b)(3) [, 481.120(b)(3), or 481.121(b)(3)] is a felony of
  the third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
  offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (e)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.117(b) or [,] 481.119(a) [, 481.120(b)(2), or 481.121(b)(2)] is
  a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that
  the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (f)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.118(b) or [,] 481.119(b) [, 481.120(b)(1), or 481.121(b)(1)] is
  a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that
  the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         SECTION 20.  Section 481.140(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If it is shown at the punishment phase of the trial of an
  offense otherwise punishable as a state jail felony, felony of the
  third degree, or felony of the second degree under Section 481.112,
  481.1121, 481.113, 481.114, [481.120,] or 481.122 that the
  defendant used or attempted to use a child younger than 18 years of
  age to commit or assist in the commission of the offense, the
  punishment is increased by one degree, unless the defendant used or
  threatened to use force against the child or another to gain the
  child's assistance, in which event the punishment for the offense
  is a felony of the first degree.
         SECTION 21.  Section 31.0031(d), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The responsibility agreement shall require that:
               (1)  the parent of a dependent child cooperate with the
  department and the Title IV-D agency if necessary to establish the
  paternity of the dependent child and to establish or enforce child
  support;
               (2)  if adequate and accessible providers of the
  services are available in the geographic area and subject to the
  availability of funds, each dependent child, as appropriate,
  complete early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment
  checkups on schedule and receive the immunization series prescribed
  by Section 161.004, Health and Safety Code, unless the child is
  exempt under that section;
               (3)  each adult recipient, or teen parent recipient who
  has completed the requirements regarding school attendance in
  Subdivision (6), not voluntarily terminate paid employment of at
  least 30 hours each week without good cause in accordance with rules
  adopted by the department;
               (4)  each adult recipient for whom a needs assessment
  is conducted participate in an activity to enable that person to
  become self-sufficient by:
                     (A)  continuing the person's education or
  becoming literate;
                     (B)  entering a job placement or employment skills
  training program;
                     (C)  serving as a volunteer in the person's
  community; or
                     (D)  serving in a community work program or other
  work program approved by the department;
               (5)  each caretaker relative or parent receiving
  assistance not use, sell, or possess [marihuana or] a controlled
  substance in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or
  abuse alcohol;
               (6)  each dependent child younger than 18 years of age
  or teen parent younger than 19 years of age attend school regularly,
  unless the child has a high school diploma or high school
  equivalency certificate or is specifically exempted from school
  attendance under Section 25.086, Education Code;
               (7)  each recipient comply with department rules
  regarding proof of school attendance; and
               (8)  each recipient attend appropriate parenting
  skills training classes, as determined by the needs assessment.
         SECTION 22.  Section 1355.006, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 1355.006.  COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATED TO
  CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE [OR MARIHUANA] NOT REQUIRED. (a) In this
  section, "controlled substance" has [and "marihuana" have] the
  meaning [meanings] assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety
  Code.
         (b)  This subchapter does not require a group health benefit
  plan to provide coverage for the treatment of:
               (1)  addiction to a controlled substance [or marihuana]
  that is used in violation of law; or
               (2)  mental illness that results from the use of a
  controlled substance [or marihuana] in violation of law.
         SECTION 23.  Section 71.023(a), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, as part of the
  identifiable leadership of a criminal street gang, knowingly
  finances, directs, or supervises the commission of, or a conspiracy
  to commit, one or more of the following offenses by members of a
  criminal street gang:
               (1)  a felony offense that is listed in Section
  3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
               (2)  a felony offense for which it is shown that a
  deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07, was used or exhibited
  during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight
  from the commission of the offense; or
               (3)  an offense that is punishable under Section
  481.112(e), 481.112(f), 481.1121(b)(4), or 481.115(f), [or
  481.120(b)(6),] Health and Safety Code.
         SECTION 24.  Sections 159.001(3) and (7), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "Dealer" means a person who in violation of the law
  of this state imports into this state or manufactures, produces,
  acquires, or possesses in this state:
                     (A)  seven grams or more of a taxable substance
  consisting of or containing a controlled substance, counterfeit
  substance, or simulated controlled substance; or
                     (B)  fifty dosage units or more of a taxable
  substance not commonly sold by weight, consisting of or containing
  a controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or simulated
  controlled substance[; or
                     [(C)     more than four ounces of a taxable substance
  consisting of or containing marihuana].
               (7)  "Taxable substance" means a controlled substance,
  a counterfeit substance, or a simulated controlled substance, [or
  marihuana,] or a mixture of any materials that contains a
  controlled substance, counterfeit substance, or simulated
  controlled substance [, or marihuana].
         SECTION 25.  Section 159.004, Tax Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 159.004.  NO DEFENSE OR IMMUNITY. Nothing in this
  chapter provides a defense or affirmative defense to, exception to,
  or immunity from prosecution under the penal laws of this state
  relating to controlled substances, counterfeit substances, or
  simulated controlled substances [, or marihuana].
         SECTION 26.  Section 159.101(b), Tax Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The rate of the tax is:
               (1)  $200 for each gram of a taxable substance
  consisting of or containing a controlled substance, counterfeit
  substance, or simulated controlled substance; and
               (2)  [$3.50 for each gram of a taxable substance
  consisting of or containing marihuana; and
               [(3)]  $2,000 on each 50 dosage units, or portion of 50
  dosage units, if the total amount is less than 50 dosage units, of a
  controlled substance that is not sold by weight.
         SECTION 27.  (a) An offense under Section 481.120 or
  481.121, Health and Safety Code, may not be prosecuted after the
  effective date of this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a
  criminal action is pending for an offense under one of those
  sections, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final
  conviction for an offense under one of those sections that exists on
  the effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies to an offense
  under Section 481.122, 481.125, or 481.126, Health and Safety Code,
  or Section 71.023, Penal Code, committed before, on, or after the
  effective date of this Act, except that a final conviction for an
  offense that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected
  by this Act.
         SECTION 28.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.