85R3554 LHC-D     By: Minjarez H.B. No. 1171       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the analysis of sexual assault evidence.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 420.042(c), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (c)  A [If sufficient personnel and resources are available,   a] public accredited crime laboratory [as soon as practicable]   shall complete its analysis of sexual assault evidence submitted to   the laboratory under this chapter or other law, as soon as   practicable but not later than the 60th day after the date on which   the evidence was received by the laboratory.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to sexual assault evidence received by a public accredited crime   laboratory on or after the effective date of this Act. Sexual   assault evidence received by a public accredited crime laboratory   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the evidence was received, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.