Texas Statutes
§ 481.161 — DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT IN LIEU OF DESTRUCTION.
Texas § 481.161
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Bluebook
Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 481.161 (2026).
Text
Sec. 481.161. DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT IN LIEU OF DESTRUCTION.
(a)Controlled substance property or plants subject to summary destruction or ordered destroyed by a court may be disposed of in accordance with this section.
(b)A law enforcement agency or criminal justice agency may transfer the controlled substance property or plants to a crime laboratory to be used for the purposes of laboratory research, testing results validation, and training of analysts.
(c)The crime laboratory to which the controlled substance property or plants are transferred under Subsection (b) shall destroy or otherwise properly dispose of any unused quantities of the controlled substance property or plants.
(d)This section does not apply to evidence described by Section 481.160 (d)
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (S.B. 1125 ), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.
Nearby Sections
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§ 481.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 481.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 481.003
RULES.§ 481.031
NOMENCLATURE.§ 481.032
SCHEDULES.§ 481.035
FINDINGS.§ 481.036
PUBLICATION OF SCHEDULES.§ 481.037
CARISOPRODOL.§ 481.061
FEDERAL REGISTRATION REQUIRED.§ 481.062
EXEMPTIONS.§ 481.0621
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