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Tex. Occ. Code § 2033.015

POSSESSION OR USE OF PROHIBITED DEVICE OR SUBSTANCE

Known as the Texas Racing Act

The act spans §§ 2021.001 to 2035.106 (279 sections).

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses a prohibited device or prohibited substance at a racetrack, in an enclosure, or at a training facility.

(b) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to influence or affect a horse or greyhound race in a manner contrary to this subtitle or a commission rule, the person uses or offers to use:

(1) a prohibited device; or

(2) a prohibited substance.

(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor possessed the prohibited device or prohibited substance with the intent to influence or affect the outcome of a horse or greyhound race in a manner contrary to this subtitle or a commission rule, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.

(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the third degree.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.