SCHEDULES
Known as the Texas Controlled Substances Act
The act spans §§ 481–481 (126 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Avery, Billie Jean (2012)
Most recently applied in Brenes v. State (March 2016)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 745, Sec. 4, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) The commissioner shall establish and modify the following schedules of controlled substances under this subchapter: Schedule I, Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule IV, and Schedule V.
(b) A reference to a schedule in this chapter means the most current version of the schedule established or altered by the commissioner under this subchapter and published in the Texas Register on or after January 1, 1998.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.