Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.122 · Subchapter D. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
OFFENSE: DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR MARIHUANA TO CHILD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly delivers a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1, 1-A, 1-B, 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.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
(d) In this section, "child" means a person younger than 18 years of age.
(e) If conduct that is an offense under this section is also an offense under another section of this chapter, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or both.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 27, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 251, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 584 (S.B. 768), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.481.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.122. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.111EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Sections 481.120, 481.121, 481.122, and 481.125
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.140USE OF CHILD IN COMMISSION OF OFFENSE.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.120, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.141MANUFACTURE OR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CAUSING DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, or 481.122
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.142USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.Printed as Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.119, 481.120, or 481.122
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