Bill Text: TX SB992 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to misrepresentations in connection with certain drug testing devices or equipment; providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Left pending in committee [SB992 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB992-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to misrepresentations in connection with certain drug testing devices or equipment; providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-04-29 - Left pending in committee [SB992 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB992-Introduced.html
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By: Taylor | S.B. No. 992 |
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relating to misrepresentations in connection with certain drug | ||
testing devices or equipment; providing penalties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 17.463 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 17.463. CERTAIN DRUG TESTING DEVICES OR EQUIPMENT. | ||
(a) A manufacturer or seller of a drug testing device or equipment | ||
may not represent to a consumer that the device or equipment is | ||
capable of or certified for returning quantitative drug test | ||
results if the device or equipment has not been approved by the | ||
United States Food and Drug Administration to perform quantitative | ||
drug tests. | ||
(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. | ||
Each violation constitutes a separate offense. | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C | ||
misdemeanor. | ||
(d) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code or of | ||
any other law, including the Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted | ||
under either section or under both sections. | ||
(e) A violation of this section is a false, misleading, or | ||
deceptive act or practice under this subchapter, and any public or | ||
private right or remedy prescribed by this subchapter may be used to | ||
enforce this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |