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By:  Whitmire                                                     S.B. No. 1265


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to establishing standards for analysis of tests for 
controlled substances required of defendants placed on community 
supervision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a-1)  A sample or specimen taken as part of a test for 
controlled substances required of a defendant placed on community 
supervision must be analyzed by a laboratory that is certified by 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of 
the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.