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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 481.131: OFFENSE: DIVERSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
- SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES
- CHAPTER 481. TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
- SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly:
(1) converts to the person's own use or benefit a controlled substance property or plant seized under Section 481.152 or 481.153; or
(2) diverts to the unlawful use or benefit of another person a controlled substance property or plant seized under Section 481.152 or 481.153.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 141, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
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