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Tex. Transp. Code § 524.038 (2026)

Instrument Reliability And Analysis Validity

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Sec. 524.038. INSTRUMENT RELIABILITY AND ANALYSIS VALIDITY. (a) The reliability of an instrument used to take or analyze a specimen of a person's breath to determine alcohol concentration and the validity of the results of the analysis may be attested to in a proceeding under this subchapter by affidavit from the certified breath test technical supervisor responsible for maintaining and directing the operation of breath test instruments in compliance with department rule.

(b) An affidavit submitted under Subsection (a) must contain statements on:

(1) the reliability of the instrument and the analytical results; and

(2) compliance with state law in the administration of the program.

(c) An affidavit of an expert witness contesting the reliability of the instrument or the results is admissible.

(d) An affidavit from a person whose presence is timely requested under this section is inadmissible if the person fails to appear at a hearing without a showing of good cause. Otherwise, an affidavit under this section may be submitted in lieu of an appearance at the hearing by the breath test operator, breath test technical supervisor, or expert witness.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases, 1997–2018 · leading case: Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 9 S.W.3d 128 (Tex. 1999).
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Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 9 S.W.3d 128 (Tex. 1999). “See Tex. Transp. Code § 524.038 (mandating the admissibility of alcohol-concentration evidence); see also Stevenson v.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Seidule, 991 S.W.2d 290 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998). · cites it 6× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (b) (Vernon 1998).”
Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1999). · cites it 2× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 524.038 (Vernon Pamph.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Jimenez, 995 S.W.2d 834 (Tex. App.—Austin 1999). · cites it 3× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (West 1999).”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Cortinas, 996 S.W.2d 885 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1998). · cites it 2× “Tex.Transp.Code Ann. § 524.038 (Vernon Pamph.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Cantu, 944 S.W.2d 493 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1997). “Tex.TRAnsp.Code Ann. § 524.038 (Vernon Supp.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Nordin, 971 S.W.2d 90 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1998). “Tex.TRANs.Code Ann. § 524.038 (Vernon Pamph.”
Phillips v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 362 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2012). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (a)-(c) (West 2007).”
Shashikant C. Patel v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 409 S.W.3d 765 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2013). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (Vernon 2007) (emphasis added).”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Paul Robert Durand, 994 S.W.2d 352 (Tex. App.—Austin 1999). · cites it 5× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (West 1999).”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Willie Ersell McCulloch, No. 03-98-00480-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 12, 1999). · cites it 3× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (c) (West 1999).”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Alexandro Molina Jimenez, No. 03-98-00402-CV (Tex. App.—Austin June 10, 1999). · cites it 3× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.038 (West 1999).”
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Tex. Transp. Code § 524.038(a): 1 case
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Jose Tovar Baez, No. 13-17-00613-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Aug. 29, 2018).
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