Williamson County commissioners approved an agreement with the Texas Department of Public Safety to speed up felony and misdemeanor controlled substance and blood alcohol evidence testing.
The agreement was approved Oct. 28 at the regular meeting. Commissioners postponed the agreementafter discussionin court Oct. 7 to work out the details.
The Crime Laboratory Service of DPS will hire the employees to perform an analysis of controlled substances, marijuana and blood alcohol evidence submitted by the countys law enforcement.
The contract holds DPS to a 30 calendardaysorless turn-around time for the controlled substance testing and 10 calendar days or less turn-around for blood alcohol testing.
