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   (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 11473,
11473.5, and 11479, at any time after seizure by a law enforcement
agency and identification by a forensic chemist or criminalist of
phencyclidine, or an analog thereof, that amount in excess of one
gram of a crystalline substance containing phencyclidine or its
analog, 10 milliliters of a liquid substance containing phencyclidine
or its analog, two grams of plant material containing phencyclidine
or its analog, or five hand-rolled cigarettes treated with
phencyclidine or its analog, may be destroyed without a court order
by the chief of the law enforcement agency or a designated
subordinate. Destruction shall not take place pursuant to this
section until all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(1) At least one gram of a crystalline substance containing
phencyclidine or its analog, 10 milliliters of a liquid substance
containing phencyclidine or its analog, two grams of plant material
containing phencyclidine or its analog, or five hand-rolled
cigarettes treated with phencyclidine or its analog have been taken
as samples from the phencyclidine or analog to be destroyed.
(2) Photographs have been taken which reasonably demonstrate the
total amount of phencyclidine or its analog to be destroyed.
(3) The gross weight of the phencyclidine or its analog has been
determined by actually weighing the phencyclidine or analog.
(b) Subsequent to any destruction of phencyclidine or its analog,
an affidavit shall be filed within 30 days in the court which has
jurisdiction over any pending criminal proceedings pertaining to that
phencyclidine or its analog, reciting the applicable information
required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a), together
with information establishing the location of the phencyclidine or
analog and specifying the date and time of the destruction. In the
event that there are no criminal proceedings pending which pertain to
that phencyclidine or analog, the affidavit may be filed in any
court within the county which would have jurisdiction over a person
against whom these criminal charges might be filed.