HBA-NMO S.B. 1116 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1116 By: Armbrister Criminal Jurisprudence 5/6/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that a person commits a criminal offense if the person contributes to the delinquency of a narcotic addict. S.B. 1116 excepts a person from the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a narcotic addict if the person is law enforcement official and the narcotic addict is an informant. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 463, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section 463.013, as follows: Sec. 463.013. EXCEPTION. Defines "informant," in this section, as a person who has communicated information to a law enforcement official in connection with a law enforcement function. Provides that it is an exception to the application of Section 463.011(b) that the person is a law enforcement official and the narcotic addict is an informant. Section 463.011(b) provides that a person commits a criminal offense if the person contributes to the delinquency of a narcotic addict. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.