AUSTIN (KXAN) — After closing down last summer the Austin Police Department’s DNA lab is set to reopen with some major changes.

Assistant Chief Troy Gay said a proposed deal would see the state oversee day-to-day operations.

The Department of Public Safety Capital Area Regional Lab will receive $800 thousand a year from the city of Austin.

• Austin could be without a DNA lab for two years, police say

APD would have no oversight or management of the lab.

City Council is set to take up the deal next week.

The lab was shut down last June when the Texas Forensic Science Commission discovered staff were using outdated methods and didn’t have enough training.

The audit called into question the credibility of DNA results from close to 4,000 cases.

Since then, APD has been shipping out evidence to DPS and private labs to help. Despite this, the department has more than 2,500 cases backlogged due to this. The majority of those are sexual assault investigations.

Police say the backlog should be completed by April of next year, if all goes to plan.