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Amend CSHB 8 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 8 of the bill, in amended Section 420.042, Government Code, between Subsections (c) and (d) of that section (page 5, between lines 31 and 32), by inserting the following:
(c-1) With respect to a criminal case in which evidence of a sexual assault or other sex offense is collected and the number of offenders is uncertain or unknown, a public accredited crime laboratory shall analyze any evidence of the sexual assault or other sex offense submitted to the laboratory under this chapter or other law that is necessary to identify the offender or offenders.