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Amend CSSB 991 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 411.163(a), Government Code (page 2, line 36), by inserting "The department by rule may exempt a crime laboratory from the requirements of this subsection if the department determines that the crime laboratory:
(1)  is located outside of this state; and
(2)  performs an insufficient number of forensic analyses in criminal actions in this state to warrant participation in the crime laboratory portal."