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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.161 — Disposition of controlled substance property or plant in lieu of destruction

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 481: TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT, Texas Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.161

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 481.161Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(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). (e) The director may adopt rules to implement this section.

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