Texas SB1660 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to regulate the retention and destruction of toxicological evidence in intoxication offense cases.

SB1660 amends Article 38.50 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to establish protocols for crime laboratories handling toxicological evidence. Laboratories must annually notify the relevant prosecutor's office of the evidence they possess and the expiration date of its retention period. For evidence related to misdemeanors, laboratories can destroy the evidence if the retention period has expired, unless the prosecutor's office objects within 60 days.

Texas SB1660 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to regulate the retention and destruction of toxicological evidence in intoxication offense cases.

SB1660 amends Article 38.50 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to establish protocols for crime laboratories handling toxicological evidence. Laboratories must annually notify the relevant prosecutor's office of the evidence they possess and the expiration date of its retention period. For evidence related to misdemeanors, laboratories can destroy the evidence if the retention period has expired, unless the prosecutor's office objects within 60 days.