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BREAKING: .@TxDPS to start charging counties for crime lab testing. Will shift burden to counties for MILLIONS of #publicsafety $$$. #txlege

— TDCAA (@TDCAA) July 20, 2017

This includes routine drug testing (a ton of cases) and DWI blood testing (a ton of cases).

Texas DPS has a "biennial budget of just under $2.5 billion."

EDIT: WHOA! It sounds like the arresting agency will be billed. County would be responsible for Sheriff's Office cases. Cities would be responsible for their local PD cases.