Amend CSHB 2703 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  On page 1, line 2, strike "and" and substitute "or".                      
	(2)  On page 1, line 11, strike "and" and substitute "or 
[and]".
	(3)  On page 1, at the end of line 14, add the following:                      
	"The term does not include:                                             
		(A)  latent print examination;                                         
		(B)  a test of a specimen of breath under Chapter 724, 
Transportation Code; or
		(C)  an examination or test excluded by rule under 
Section 411.0205(c), Government Code."
	(4)  On page 2, line 1, strike "admissible" and substitute 
"not inadmissible".
	(5)  On page 2, line 2, strike "regardless of" and substitute 
"based solely on".
	(6)  On page 2, lines 9 and 10, strike "September 1, 2005" and 
substitute "January 1, 2004".
	(7)  On page 2, lines 11 through 20, strike SECTION 4 and 
substitute the following:
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 411.0205 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0205.  CRIME LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROCESS.  (a)  
In this section, "forensic analysis" and "physical evidence" have 
the meanings assigned by Article 38.35, Code of Criminal Procedure, 
and "DNA laboratory" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.141.
	(b)  The director by rule shall establish an accreditation 
process for crime laboratories, including DNA laboratories, and 
other entities conducting forensic analyses of physical evidence 
for use in criminal proceedings.
	(c)  The director by rule may exempt from the accreditation 
process established under Subsection (b) a crime laboratory or 
other entity conducting a forensic analysis of physical evidence 
for use in criminal proceedings if the director determines that:
		(1)  independent accreditation is unavailable or 
inappropriate for the laboratory or entity or the type of 
examination or test performed by the laboratory or entity;
		(2)  the type of examination or test performed by the 
laboratory or entity is admissible under a well-established rule of 
evidence or a statute other than Article 38.35, Code of Criminal 
Procedure; and
		(3)  the type of examination or test performed by the 
laboratory or entity is routinely conducted outside of a crime 
laboratory or other applicable entity by a person other than an 
employee of the crime laboratory or other applicable entity.