HBA-NMO S.B. 1116 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1116
By: Armbrister
Criminal Jurisprudence
5/6/1999
Engrossed


BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that a person commits a criminal offense if the person
contributes to the delinquency of a narcotic addict.  S.B. 1116 excepts a
person from the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a narcotic
addict if the person is law enforcement official and the narcotic addict is
an informant. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 463, Health and Safety Code, by
adding Section 463.013, as follows: 

Sec. 463.013.  EXCEPTION.  Defines "informant," in this section, as a
person who has communicated information to a law enforcement official in
connection with a law enforcement function.  Provides that it is an
exception to the application of Section 463.011(b) that the person is a law
enforcement official and the narcotic addict is an informant.  Section
463.011(b) provides that a person commits a criminal offense if the person
contributes to the delinquency of a narcotic addict. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.
Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.