Rep. Tedder proposes the following amendment (LC-3532.SA0035H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Article 3, Chapter 53, Title 44 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

Section 44-53-125.The Drug Analysis Department of the State Law Enforcement Division must provide the results of any sample submitted by a law enforcement agency to determine the presence, identity, aggregate quantity, or absence of a controlled substance no later than one hundred eighty days from the day the sample is submitted. If the results of the analysis are not provided within the time period required by this section, any criminal charges relating to the sample must be dismissed and expunged.