Tex. Health & Safety Code § 484.004 · Chapter 484. ABUSABLE SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution or liability under this chapter that:
(1) the abusable synthetic substance was approved for use, sale, or distribution by the United States Food and Drug Administration or other state or federal regulatory agency with authority to approve the substance's use, sale, or distribution; and
(2) the abusable synthetic substance was lawfully produced, distributed, sold, or offered for sale by the person who is the subject of the criminal or civil action.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 187 (S.B. 461), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.484.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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