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If determined by the municipal judge to be relevant to the charge brought against the defendant, during any trial for a violation of any section of this article:

A. Any container with labeling indicating the contents of the container is admissible into evidence, and the information contained on any label on the container is admissible into evidence and is not hearsay. The municipal judge may consider the information upon the label in determining whether the contents of the container were composed in whole or in part of marijuana or marijuana concentrate.

B. The qualitative result of a drug test or tests performed by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency with relevant jurisdiction shall be admissible at the trial of any person charged with a violation of this article upon a showing that the device or devices used to conduct such test or tests have been approved as accurate in detecting drugs by the executive director of the Colorado department of public health and environment.

C. The municipal court shall take judicial notice of methods of testing a person's blood or urine for the presence of marijuana and of the design and operation of devices certified by the Colorado department of public health and environment for testing a person's blood or urine for the presence of marijuana. This section does not prevent the necessity of establishing during a trial that the testing devices were working properly and that such testing devices were properly operated. Nothing in this section precludes a defendant from offering evidence concerning the accuracy of testing devices. (Ord. 40, Series 2013)