Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.138 · Subchapter D. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
OFFENSE: UNLAWFUL TRANSFER OR RECEIPT OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, transfers, furnishes, or receives a chemical laboratory apparatus subject to Section 481.080(a) and the person:
(1) does not comply with Section 481.080;
(2) knowingly makes a false statement in a report or record required by Section 481.080; or
(3) knowingly violates a rule adopted under Section 481.080.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 32, eff. Jan. 1, 1998. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 251, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 595 (S.B. 616), Sec. 4.006, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.481.htm
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