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Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee
Filed: 5/17/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1346
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1346 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 9.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2630/9.5 new) |
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| Sec. 9.5. Material for DNA fingerprint analysis. Every |
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| county medical examiner and coroner shall provide to the |
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| Department a sample of dried blood and buccal specimens (tissue |
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| may be submitted if no uncontaminated blood or buccal specimens |
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| can be obtained) from a dead body for DNA fingerprint analysis |
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| if the Department notifies the medical examiner or coroner that |
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| the Department has determined that providing that sample may be |
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| useful for law enforcement purposes in a criminal |
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| investigation. In addition, if a local law enforcement agency |
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| notifies a county medical examiner or coroner that such a |