By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 821               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the processing and sale of kratom and kratom products   and related public health and safety protections; providing civil   penalties; providing rulemaking authority.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as the Texas Kratom   Consumer Health and Safety Protection Act.          SECTION 2.  Subtitle A, Title 6, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 444 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 444. MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF   KRATOM PRODUCTS          Sec. 444.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Department" means the Department of State Health   Services.                (2)  "Food" has the meaning assigned by Section   432.003.                (3)  "Kratom" means any part of the leaf of the plant   Mitragyna speciosa.                (4)  "Kratom processor" means a person who:                      (A)  manufactures, prepares, distributes, or   maintains kratom products for sale;                      (B)  advertises, represents, or holds oneself out   as a seller, preparer, or manufacturer of kratom products;                      (C)  is responsible for ensuring the purity and   proper labeling of kratom products; or                      (D)  packages or labels kratom products.                (5)  "Kratom product" means a food, including an   extract, capsule, or pill, containing any form of kratom.                (6)  "Kratom retailer" means a kratom processor who   engages in selling kratom products to consumers or who advertises,   represents, or holds oneself out as a person who sells kratom   products to consumers.          Sec. 444.002.  LABELING REQUIRED. (a) A kratom processor   shall label each kratom product with the product use directions   necessary to ensure safe and effective use of the product by a   consumer, including the recommended serving size for the product.          (b)  A kratom retailer may not sell a kratom product that is   not properly labeled under this section.          Sec. 444.003.  ADULTERATED, CONTAMINATED, AND PROHIBITED   PRODUCTS. A kratom processor or kratom retailer may not prepare,   distribute, sell, or offer to sell a kratom product that:                (1)  is adulterated with a dangerous non-kratom   substance affecting the quality or strength of the product to a   degree that renders the product injurious to a consumer;                (2)  is contaminated with a poisonous or otherwise   deleterious non-kratom substance, including any substance   designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas   Controlled Substances Act);                (3)  has a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the   alkaloid fraction that is greater than two percent of the overall   alkaloid composition of the product; or                (4)  contains any synthetic alkaloids, including   synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine and synthetically derived compounds   from a kratom plant.          Sec. 444.004.  DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS TO   MINORS PROHIBITED. A person may not distribute, sell, or expose for   sale a kratom product to someone who is younger than 18 years of   age.          Sec. 444.005.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates   this chapter is subject to a civil penalty in the amount of:                (1)  $250 for the first violation;                (2)  $500 for the second violation; and                (3)  $1,000 for each subsequent violation.          (b)  Each day a violation continues or occurs is a separate   violation for purposes of imposing a penalty under this section.          (c)  A kratom retailer is not liable for a civil penalty   under this section for a violation of Section 444.002 or 444.003 if   the kratom retailer proves by a preponderance of the evidence that   the violation was unintentional and due to the kratom retailer's   good faith reliance on the representation of another kratom   processor.          (d)  The attorney general, the district or county attorney   for the county, or the municipal attorney of the municipality in   which the violation is alleged to have occurred may bring an action   to recover a civil penalty under this section.          Sec. 444.006.  RULES. The department may adopt rules   consistent with this chapter as necessary to ensure the safe   consumption and distribution of kratom.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.