Art. 63.053.  INFORMATION STORED IN DATABASE.  (a)  The database required in Article 63.052 may contain only DNA genetic markers that are commonly recognized as appropriate for human identification.  Except to the extent that those markers are appropriate for human identification, the database may not contain DNA genetic markers that predict biological function.  The center shall select the DNA genetic markers for inclusion in the DNA database based on existing technology for forensic DNA analysis.
(b)  The results of the forensic DNA analysis must be compatible with the CODIS DNA database established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the center must make the results available for inclusion in that database.
Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 319 (S.B. 651), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.