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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-4-3 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3)
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7 | Sec. 5-4-3. Specimens;
genetic marker groups. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Any person convicted of, found guilty under the | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Juvenile Court Act of
1987 for, or who received a disposition | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | of court supervision for, a qualifying
offense or attempt of a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | qualifying offense, convicted or found guilty of any
offense | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | classified as a felony under Illinois law, convicted or found | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | guilty of any offense requiring registration under the Sex | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Offender Registration Act, found guilty or given
supervision | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | for any offense classified as a felony under the Juvenile | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Court Act
of 1987, convicted or found guilty of, under the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987, any offense requiring registration | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | under the Sex Offender Registration Act, or institutionalized | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | as a sexually dangerous person under the Sexually
Dangerous | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Persons Act, or committed as a sexually violent person under | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the
Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act shall, regardless | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of the sentence or
disposition imposed, be required to submit | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | specimens of blood, saliva, or
tissue to the Illinois State |
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1 | Police in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, | ||||||
2 | provided such person is:
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3 | (1) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a | ||||||
4 | qualifying offense
on or after July 1, 1990 and sentenced | ||||||
5 | to a term of imprisonment, periodic imprisonment, fine,
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6 | probation, conditional discharge or any other form of | ||||||
7 | sentence, or given a
disposition of court supervision for | ||||||
8 | the offense;
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9 | (1.5) found guilty or given supervision under the | ||||||
10 | Juvenile Court Act of
1987 for a qualifying offense or | ||||||
11 | attempt of a qualifying offense on or after
January 1, | ||||||
12 | 1997;
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13 | (2) ordered institutionalized as a sexually dangerous | ||||||
14 | person on or after
July 1, 1990;
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15 | (3) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a | ||||||
16 | qualifying offense
before July 1, 1990
and is presently | ||||||
17 | confined as a result of such conviction in any State
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18 | correctional facility or county jail or is presently | ||||||
19 | serving a sentence of
probation, conditional discharge or | ||||||
20 | periodic imprisonment as a result of such
conviction;
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21 | (3.5) convicted or found guilty of any offense | ||||||
22 | classified as a felony
under Illinois law or found guilty | ||||||
23 | or given supervision for such an offense
under the | ||||||
24 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on or after August 22, 2002;
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25 | (4) presently institutionalized as a sexually | ||||||
26 | dangerous person or
presently institutionalized as a |
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1 | person found guilty but mentally ill of a
sexual offense | ||||||
2 | or attempt to commit a sexual offense; or
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3 | (4.5) ordered committed as a sexually violent person | ||||||
4 | on or after the
effective date of the Sexually Violent | ||||||
5 | Persons Commitment Act.
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6 | (a-1) Any person incarcerated in
a facility of the | ||||||
7 | Illinois Department of Corrections or the Illinois Department | ||||||
8 | of Juvenile Justice on or after August 22,
2002, whether for a | ||||||
9 | term of years, natural life, or a sentence of death, who has | ||||||
10 | not yet submitted a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue shall | ||||||
11 | be required to submit a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue
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12 | prior to his or her final discharge, or release on parole, | ||||||
13 | aftercare release, or mandatory
supervised release, as a
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14 | condition of his or her parole, aftercare release, or | ||||||
15 | mandatory supervised release, or within 6 months from August | ||||||
16 | 13, 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-426), whichever | ||||||
17 | is sooner. A person incarcerated on or after August 13, 2009 | ||||||
18 | (the effective date of Public Act 96-426) shall be required to | ||||||
19 | submit a specimen within 45 days of incarceration, or prior to | ||||||
20 | his or her final discharge, or release on parole, aftercare | ||||||
21 | release, or mandatory supervised release, as a condition of | ||||||
22 | his or her parole, aftercare release, or mandatory supervised | ||||||
23 | release, whichever is sooner. These specimens shall be placed | ||||||
24 | into the State or national DNA database, to be used in | ||||||
25 | accordance with other provisions of this Section, by the | ||||||
26 | Illinois State Police.
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1 | (a-2) Any person sentenced to life imprisonment in a | ||||||
2 | facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections after the | ||||||
3 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
4 | Assembly or sentenced to death after the effective date of | ||||||
5 | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
6 | required to provide a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue | ||||||
7 | within 45 days after sentencing or disposition at a collection | ||||||
8 | site designated by the Illinois State Police. Any person | ||||||
9 | serving a sentence of life imprisonment in a facility of the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Department of Corrections on the effective date of | ||||||
11 | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or any person | ||||||
12 | who is under a sentence of death on the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly shall be required | ||||||
14 | to provide a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue upon request | ||||||
15 | at a collection site designated by the Illinois State Police.
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16 | (a-3) Any person seeking transfer to or residency in | ||||||
17 | Illinois under Sections 3-3-11.05
through 3-3-11.5 of this | ||||||
18 | Code, the Interstate Compact
for Adult Offender Supervision, | ||||||
19 | or the Interstate Agreements on Sexually
Dangerous Persons Act | ||||||
20 | shall be required to provide a specimen of blood, saliva, or | ||||||
21 | tissue within 45 days after transfer to or residency in | ||||||
22 | Illinois at a collection site designated by the Illinois State | ||||||
23 | Police. | ||||||
24 | (a-3.1) Any person required by an order of the court to | ||||||
25 | submit a DNA specimen shall be required to provide a specimen | ||||||
26 | of blood, saliva, or tissue within 45 days after the court |
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1 | order at a collection site designated by the Illinois State | ||||||
2 | Police. | ||||||
3 | (a-3.2) Any On or after January 1, 2012 (the effective | ||||||
4 | date of Public Act 97-383), any person arrested for any of the | ||||||
5 | following offenses , after an indictment has been returned by a | ||||||
6 | grand jury, or following a hearing pursuant to Section 109-3 | ||||||
7 | of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and a judge finds | ||||||
8 | there is probable cause to believe the arrestee has committed | ||||||
9 | one of the designated offenses, or an arrestee has waived a | ||||||
10 | preliminary hearing shall be required to provide a specimen of | ||||||
11 | blood, saliva, or tissue within 14 days after such arrest | ||||||
12 | indictment or hearing at a collection site designated by the | ||||||
13 | Illinois State Police: | ||||||
14 | (A) first degree murder; | ||||||
15 | (B) home invasion; | ||||||
16 | (C) predatory criminal sexual assault
of a child; | ||||||
17 | (D) aggravated criminal sexual assault; or | ||||||
18 | (E) criminal sexual assault. | ||||||
19 | In addition, on and after the effective date of this
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20 | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, any person
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21 | arrested for any of the following offenses shall be required
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22 | to provide a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue within 14
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23 | days after such arrest at a collection site designated by the
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24 | Illinois State Police: | ||||||
25 | (1) a forcible felony as defined in Section 2-8 of the | ||||||
26 | Criminal Code of 2012; or |
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1 | (2) felony domestic battery. | ||||||
2 | (a-3.3) Any person required to register as a sex offender | ||||||
3 | under the Sex Offender Registration Act, regardless of the | ||||||
4 | date of conviction as set forth in subsection (c-5.2) shall be | ||||||
5 | required to provide a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue | ||||||
6 | within the time period prescribed in subsection (c-5.2) at a | ||||||
7 | collection site designated by the Illinois State Police. | ||||||
8 | (a-5) Any person who was otherwise convicted of or | ||||||
9 | received a disposition
of court supervision for any other | ||||||
10 | offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of | ||||||
11 | 2012 or
who was found guilty or given supervision for such a | ||||||
12 | violation under the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987, may, | ||||||
13 | regardless of the sentence imposed, be
required by an order of | ||||||
14 | the court to submit specimens of blood, saliva, or
tissue to | ||||||
15 | the Illinois State Police in accordance with the
provisions of | ||||||
16 | this Section.
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17 | (b) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(1.5), | ||||||
18 | (a)(2), (a)(3.5),
and (a-5) to provide specimens of blood, | ||||||
19 | saliva, or tissue shall provide
specimens of blood, saliva, or | ||||||
20 | tissue within 45 days after sentencing or
disposition at a | ||||||
21 | collection site designated by the Illinois
State Police.
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22 | (c) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4), and | ||||||
23 | (a)(4.5) to
provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue | ||||||
24 | shall be required to provide
such specimens prior to final | ||||||
25 | discharge or within 6 months from August 13, 2009 (the | ||||||
26 | effective date of Public Act 96-426), whichever is sooner. |
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1 | These specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA | ||||||
2 | database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of | ||||||
3 | this Act, by the Illinois State Police.
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4 | (c-5) Any person required by paragraph (a-3) to provide | ||||||
5 | specimens of
blood, saliva, or tissue shall, where feasible, | ||||||
6 | be required to provide the
specimens before being accepted for | ||||||
7 | conditioned residency in Illinois under
the interstate compact | ||||||
8 | or agreement, but no later than 45 days after arrival
in this | ||||||
9 | State.
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10 | (c-5.2) Unless it is determined that a registered sex | ||||||
11 | offender has previously submitted a specimen of blood, saliva, | ||||||
12 | or tissue that has been placed into the State DNA database, a | ||||||
13 | person registering as a sex offender shall be required to | ||||||
14 | submit a specimen at the time of his or her initial | ||||||
15 | registration pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act or, | ||||||
16 | for a person registered as a sex offender on or prior to | ||||||
17 | January 1, 2012 (the effective date of Public Act 97-383), | ||||||
18 | within one year of January 1, 2012 (the effective date of | ||||||
19 | Public Act 97-383) or at the time of his or her next required | ||||||
20 | registration. | ||||||
21 | (c-6) The Illinois State Police may determine which type | ||||||
22 | of
specimen or specimens, blood, saliva, or tissue, is | ||||||
23 | acceptable for submission
to the Division of Forensic Services | ||||||
24 | for analysis. The Illinois State Police may require the | ||||||
25 | submission of fingerprints from anyone required to give a | ||||||
26 | specimen under this Act.
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1 | (d) The Illinois State Police shall provide all equipment
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2 | and instructions necessary for the collection of blood | ||||||
3 | specimens.
The collection of specimens shall be performed in a | ||||||
4 | medically approved
manner. Only a physician authorized to | ||||||
5 | practice medicine, a registered
nurse or other qualified | ||||||
6 | person trained in venipuncture may withdraw blood
for the | ||||||
7 | purposes of this Act. The specimens
shall thereafter be | ||||||
8 | forwarded to the Illinois State Police,
Division of Forensic | ||||||
9 | Services, for analysis and
categorizing into genetic marker | ||||||
10 | groupings.
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11 | (d-1) The Illinois State Police shall provide all | ||||||
12 | equipment
and instructions necessary for the collection of | ||||||
13 | saliva specimens. The
collection of saliva specimens shall be | ||||||
14 | performed in a medically approved manner.
Only a person | ||||||
15 | trained in the instructions promulgated by the Illinois State
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16 | Police on collecting saliva may collect saliva for the | ||||||
17 | purposes of this
Section. The specimens shall thereafter be | ||||||
18 | forwarded to the Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic | ||||||
19 | Services, for analysis and categorizing
into genetic marker | ||||||
20 | groupings.
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21 | (d-2) The Illinois State Police shall provide all | ||||||
22 | equipment
and instructions necessary for the collection of | ||||||
23 | tissue specimens. The
collection of tissue specimens shall be | ||||||
24 | performed in a medically approved
manner. Only a person | ||||||
25 | trained in the instructions promulgated by the Illinois
State | ||||||
26 | Police on collecting tissue may collect tissue for the |
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1 | purposes of this
Section. The specimens shall thereafter be | ||||||
2 | forwarded to the Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic | ||||||
3 | Services, for analysis and categorizing
into genetic marker | ||||||
4 | groupings.
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5 | (d-5) To the extent that funds are available, the Illinois
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6 | State Police shall contract with qualified personnel and | ||||||
7 | certified laboratories
for the collection, analysis, and | ||||||
8 | categorization of known specimens, except as provided in | ||||||
9 | subsection (n) of this Section.
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10 | (d-6) Agencies designated by the Illinois State Police and
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11 | the Illinois State Police may contract with third parties to
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12 | provide for the collection or analysis of DNA, or both, of an | ||||||
13 | offender's blood,
saliva, and tissue specimens, except as | ||||||
14 | provided in subsection (n) of this Section.
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15 | (e) The genetic marker groupings shall be maintained by | ||||||
16 | the Illinois
State Police, Division of Forensic Services.
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17 | (f) The genetic marker grouping analysis information | ||||||
18 | obtained pursuant
to this Act shall be confidential and shall | ||||||
19 | be released only to peace
officers of the United States, of | ||||||
20 | other states or territories, of the
insular possessions of the | ||||||
21 | United States, of foreign countries duly
authorized to receive | ||||||
22 | the same, to all peace officers of the State of
Illinois and to | ||||||
23 | all prosecutorial agencies, and to defense counsel as
provided | ||||||
24 | by Section 116-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963.
The | ||||||
25 | genetic marker grouping analysis information obtained pursuant | ||||||
26 | to
this Act shall be used only for (i) valid law enforcement |
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1 | identification
purposes and as required by the Federal Bureau | ||||||
2 | of Investigation for
participation in the National DNA | ||||||
3 | database, (ii) technology
validation
purposes, (iii) a | ||||||
4 | population statistics database, (iv) quality
assurance
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5 | purposes if personally identifying information is removed,
(v) | ||||||
6 | assisting in the defense of the criminally accused pursuant
to
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7 | Section 116-5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or | ||||||
8 | (vi) identifying and assisting in the prosecution of a person | ||||||
9 | who is suspected of committing a sexual assault as defined in | ||||||
10 | Section 1a of the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment | ||||||
11 | Act. Notwithstanding
any other statutory provision to the | ||||||
12 | contrary,
all information obtained under this Section shall be | ||||||
13 | maintained in a single
State data base, which may be uploaded | ||||||
14 | into a national database, and which
information may be subject | ||||||
15 | to expungement only as set forth in subsection
(f-1).
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16 | (f-1) Upon receipt of notification of a reversal of a | ||||||
17 | conviction based on
actual innocence, or of the granting of a | ||||||
18 | pardon pursuant to Section 12 of
Article V of the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Constitution, if that pardon document specifically
states that | ||||||
20 | the reason for the pardon is the actual innocence of an | ||||||
21 | individual
whose DNA record has been stored in the State or | ||||||
22 | national DNA identification
index in accordance with this | ||||||
23 | Section by the Illinois State
Police, the DNA record shall be | ||||||
24 | expunged from the DNA identification index, and
the Department | ||||||
25 | shall by rule prescribe procedures to ensure that the record | ||||||
26 | and
any specimens, analyses, or other documents relating to |
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1 | such record, whether in
the possession of the Department or | ||||||
2 | any law enforcement or police agency, or
any forensic DNA | ||||||
3 | laboratory, including any duplicates or copies thereof, are
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4 | destroyed and a letter is sent to the court verifying the | ||||||
5 | expungement is
completed. For specimens required to be | ||||||
6 | collected prior to conviction, unless the individual has other | ||||||
7 | charges or convictions that require submission of a specimen, | ||||||
8 | the DNA record for an individual shall be expunged from the DNA | ||||||
9 | identification databases and the specimen destroyed upon | ||||||
10 | receipt of a certified copy of a final court order for each | ||||||
11 | charge against an individual in which the charge has been | ||||||
12 | dismissed, resulted in acquittal, or that the charge was not | ||||||
13 | filed within the applicable time period. The Department shall | ||||||
14 | by rule prescribe procedures to ensure that the record and any | ||||||
15 | specimens in the possession or control of the Department are | ||||||
16 | destroyed and a letter is sent to the court verifying the | ||||||
17 | expungement is completed.
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18 | (f-5) Any person who intentionally uses genetic marker | ||||||
19 | grouping analysis
information, or any other information | ||||||
20 | derived from a DNA specimen, beyond the
authorized uses as | ||||||
21 | provided under this Section, or any other Illinois law, is
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22 | guilty of a Class 4 felony, and shall be subject to a fine of | ||||||
23 | not less than
$5,000.
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24 | (f-6) The Illinois State Police may contract with third
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25 | parties for the purposes of implementing this amendatory Act | ||||||
26 | of the 93rd
General Assembly, except as provided in subsection |
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1 | (n) of this Section. Any other party contracting to carry out | ||||||
2 | the functions of
this Section shall be subject to the same | ||||||
3 | restrictions and requirements of this
Section insofar as | ||||||
4 | applicable, as the Illinois State Police, and
to any | ||||||
5 | additional restrictions imposed by the Illinois State
Police.
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6 | (g) For the purposes of this Section, "qualifying offense" | ||||||
7 | means any of
the following:
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8 | (1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section | ||||||
9 | 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-11,
11-18.1, 12-15, or | ||||||
10 | 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of | ||||||
11 | 2012;
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12 | (1.1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section | ||||||
13 | 9-1, 9-2, 10-1,
10-2, 12-11, 12-11.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, | ||||||
14 | 18-4, 18-6, 19-1, 19-2, or 19-6 of the Criminal
Code of | ||||||
15 | 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 for which persons are | ||||||
16 | convicted on or after July 1, 2001;
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17 | (2) any former statute of this State which defined a | ||||||
18 | felony sexual
offense;
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19 | (3) (blank);
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20 | (4) any inchoate violation of Section 9-3.1, 9-3.4, | ||||||
21 | 11-9.3, 12-7.3, or 12-7.4 of
the Criminal Code of 1961 or | ||||||
22 | the Criminal Code of 2012; or
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23 | (5) any violation or inchoate violation of Article 29D | ||||||
24 | of the Criminal
Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012.
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25 | (g-5) (Blank).
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26 | (h) The Illinois State Police shall be the State central
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1 | repository for all genetic marker grouping analysis | ||||||
2 | information obtained
pursuant to this Act. The Illinois State | ||||||
3 | Police may
promulgate rules for the form and manner of the | ||||||
4 | collection of blood, saliva,
or tissue specimens and other | ||||||
5 | procedures for the operation of this Act. The
provisions of | ||||||
6 | the Administrative Review Law shall apply to all actions taken
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7 | under the rules so promulgated.
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8 | (i)(1) A person required to provide a blood, saliva, or | ||||||
9 | tissue specimen
shall
cooperate with the collection of the | ||||||
10 | specimen and any deliberate act by
that person intended to | ||||||
11 | impede, delay or stop the collection of the blood,
saliva, or | ||||||
12 | tissue specimen is a Class 4 felony.
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13 | (2) In the event that a person's DNA specimen is not | ||||||
14 | adequate for any
reason, the person shall provide another DNA | ||||||
15 | specimen for analysis. Duly
authorized law
enforcement and | ||||||
16 | corrections personnel may employ reasonable force in cases in
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17 | which an individual refuses to provide a DNA specimen required | ||||||
18 | under this
Act.
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19 | (j) (Blank).
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20 | (k) All analysis and categorization assessments provided | ||||||
21 | under the Criminal and Traffic Assessments Act to the State | ||||||
22 | Crime Laboratory Fund
shall be regulated as follows:
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23 | (1) (Blank).
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24 | (2) (Blank).
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25 | (3) Moneys deposited into the State Crime Laboratory | ||||||
26 | Fund
shall be used by Illinois State Police crime |
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1 | laboratories as designated by the
Director of the Illinois | ||||||
2 | State Police. These funds shall be in addition to any | ||||||
3 | allocations
made pursuant to existing laws and shall be | ||||||
4 | designated for the exclusive use of
State crime | ||||||
5 | laboratories. These uses may include, but are not limited | ||||||
6 | to, the
following:
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7 | (A) Costs incurred in providing analysis and | ||||||
8 | genetic marker
categorization as required by | ||||||
9 | subsection (d).
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10 | (B) Costs incurred in maintaining genetic marker | ||||||
11 | groupings as required
by subsection (e).
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12 | (C) Costs incurred in the purchase and maintenance | ||||||
13 | of equipment for use
in performing analyses.
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14 | (D) Costs incurred in continuing research and | ||||||
15 | development of new
techniques for analysis and genetic | ||||||
16 | marker categorization.
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17 | (E) Costs incurred in continuing education, | ||||||
18 | training, and professional
development of forensic | ||||||
19 | scientists regularly employed by these laboratories.
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20 | (l) The failure of a person to provide a specimen, or of | ||||||
21 | any person or
agency to collect a specimen, shall in no way | ||||||
22 | alter
the obligation of the person to submit such specimen, or | ||||||
23 | the authority of the
Illinois State Police or persons | ||||||
24 | designated by the Illinois State Police to
collect the | ||||||
25 | specimen, or the authority of the Illinois State
Police to | ||||||
26 | accept, analyze and maintain the specimen or to maintain or |
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1 | upload
results of genetic marker grouping analysis information | ||||||
2 | into a State or
national database.
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3 | (m) If any provision of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | ||||||
4 | General Assembly
is
held unconstitutional or otherwise | ||||||
5 | invalid, the remainder of this amendatory
Act
of the 93rd | ||||||
6 | General Assembly is not affected.
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7 | (n) Neither the Illinois State Police, the Division of | ||||||
8 | Forensic Services, nor any laboratory of the Division of | ||||||
9 | Forensic Services may contract out forensic testing for the | ||||||
10 | purpose of an active investigation or a matter pending before | ||||||
11 | a court of competent jurisdiction without the written consent | ||||||
12 | of the prosecuting agency. For the purposes of this subsection | ||||||
13 | (n), "forensic testing" includes the analysis of physical | ||||||
14 | evidence in an investigation or other proceeding for the | ||||||
15 | prosecution of a violation of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the | ||||||
16 | Criminal Code of 2012 or for matters adjudicated under the | ||||||
17 | Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and includes the use of forensic | ||||||
18 | databases and databanks, including DNA, firearm, and | ||||||
19 | fingerprint databases, and expert testimony. | ||||||
20 | (o) Mistake does not invalidate a database match. The | ||||||
21 | detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a | ||||||
22 | database match or database information is not invalidated if | ||||||
23 | it is determined that the specimen was obtained or placed in | ||||||
24 | the database by mistake. | ||||||
25 | (p) This Section may be referred to as the Illinois DNA | ||||||
26 | Database Law of 2011. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 102-505, eff. 8-20-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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