96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5537

 

Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Susana A. Mendoza

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
720 ILCS 5/31-4   from Ch. 38, par. 31-4
725 ILCS 5/107-2.5 new
730 ILCS 5/5-4-3   from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3

    Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that the offense of obstructing justice also includes destroying, altering, concealing, disguising, or otherwise tampering with samples collected for DNA fingerprinting analysis. Provides that the offense is a Class 3 felony. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that every person arrested for committing a felony shall have a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the purpose of determining identity and for certain other specified purposes. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of State Police shall implement this provision. Provides that this provision becomes operative no later than the earlier of the following: (1) the date on which the Department of State Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is ready to collect samples; or (2) January 1, 2013. Provides that in the amendatory changes to the Unified Code of Corrections, intentionally using genetic marker grouping analysis information derived from a DNA sample beyond authorized uses is a Class 3 rather than a Class 4 felony. Provides that the identification, detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a database match or database information is not invalidated if it is later determined that the sample should not have been obtained or placed in the database. Effective immediately.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing
5 Section 31-4 as follows:
 
6     (720 ILCS 5/31-4)  (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
7     Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
8     (a) A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prevent
9 the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any
10 person, he knowingly commits any of the following acts:
11     (1) (a) Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical
12 evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information;
13 or
14     (2) (b) Induces a witness having knowledge material to the
15 subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself; or
16     (3) (c) Possessing knowledge material to the subject at
17 issue, he leaves the State or conceals himself; or .
18     (4) Destroys, alters, conceals, disguises, or otherwise
19 tampers with samples collected under Section 107-2.5 of the
20 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or Section 5-4-3 of the
21 Unified Code of Corrections.
22     (b) (d) Sentence.
23         (1) Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except as

 

 

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1     provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (b) (d).
2         (2) Obstructing justice in furtherance of streetgang
3     related or gang-related activity, as defined in Section 10
4     of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention
5     Act, is a Class 3 felony. Obstructing justice in violation
6     of paragraph (a)(4) is a Class 3 felony.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-363, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
8     Section 10. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
9 amended by adding Section 107-2.5 as follows:
 
10     (725 ILCS 5/107-2.5 new)
11     Sec. 107-2.5. DNA fingerprinting analysis.
12     (a) Every person arrested for committing a felony as
13 defined in Section 2-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 shall have
14 a sample of his or her saliva or tissue taken for DNA
15 fingerprinting analysis, at the time of booking, for the
16 purpose of determining identity and for the purposes specified
17 in this Section and subsection (f) of Section 5-4-3 of the
18 Unified Code of Corrections. Any law enforcement agency
19 extracting DNA samples under this Section shall be required to
20 follow all written rules and regulations for the collection,
21 storage, and processing of those samples promulgated by the
22 Department of State Police. The analysis shall be performed by
23 the Department of State Police or a specific agent approved by
24 the Department of State Police. The identification

 

 

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1 characteristics resulting from the DNA analysis shall be stored
2 and maintained by the Department of State Police or the
3 specific agent approved by the Department. All results
4 developed from collected DNA samples shall be subject to any
5 and all confidentiality provisions of State and federal laws.
6 The specific agent approved by the Department of State Police
7 to store and analyze DNA samples shall be required to meet all
8 Illinois State Police laboratory accreditation requirements
9 and shall properly forward the results of the DNA analysis to
10 the Department of State Police.
11     (b) If charges are dismissed or an individual is found not
12 guilty, any expungement of that person's DNA sample shall be in
13 accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5 of the
14 Criminal Identification Act upon notification to the
15 Department of State Police by the court system.
16     (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department of State
17 Police shall implement this Section no later than the earlier
18 of the following: (1) the date on which the Department of State
19 Police informs law enforcement agencies that the Department is
20 ready to collect samples; or (2) January 1, 2013.
 
21     Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
22 changing Section 5-4-3 as follows:
 
23     (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3)
24     Sec. 5-4-3. Persons convicted of, or found delinquent for,

 

 

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1 certain offenses or institutionalized as sexually dangerous;
2 specimens; genetic marker groups.
3     (a) Any person convicted of, found guilty under the
4 Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for, or who received a disposition
5 of court supervision for, a qualifying offense or attempt of a
6 qualifying offense, arrested for or convicted or found guilty
7 of any offense classified as a felony under Illinois law,
8 convicted or found guilty of any offense requiring registration
9 under the Sex Offender Registration Act, found guilty or given
10 supervision for any offense classified as a felony under the
11 Juvenile Court Act of 1987, convicted or found guilty of, under
12 the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, any offense requiring
13 registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act, or
14 institutionalized as a sexually dangerous person under the
15 Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, or committed as a sexually
16 violent person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
17 Act shall, regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed,
18 be required to submit specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to
19 the Illinois Department of State Police in accordance with the
20 provisions of this Section, provided such person is:
21         (1) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a
22     qualifying offense on or after July 1, 1990 and sentenced
23     to a term of imprisonment, periodic imprisonment, fine,
24     probation, conditional discharge or any other form of
25     sentence, or given a disposition of court supervision for
26     the offense;

 

 

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1         (1.5) found guilty or given supervision under the
2     Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for a qualifying offense or
3     attempt of a qualifying offense on or after January 1,
4     1997;
5         (2) ordered institutionalized as a sexually dangerous
6     person on or after July 1, 1990;
7         (3) convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a
8     qualifying offense before July 1, 1990 and is presently
9     confined as a result of such conviction in any State
10     correctional facility or county jail or is presently
11     serving a sentence of probation, conditional discharge or
12     periodic imprisonment as a result of such conviction;
13         (3.5) convicted or found guilty of any offense
14     classified as a felony under Illinois law or found guilty
15     or given supervision for such an offense under the Juvenile
16     Court Act of 1987 on or after August 22, 2002;
17         (4) presently institutionalized as a sexually
18     dangerous person or presently institutionalized as a
19     person found guilty but mentally ill of a sexual offense or
20     attempt to commit a sexual offense;
21         (4.5) ordered committed as a sexually violent person on
22     or after the effective date of the Sexually Violent Persons
23     Commitment Act; or
24         (5) seeking transfer to or residency in Illinois under
25     Sections 3-3-11.05 through 3-3-11.5 of the Unified Code of
26     Corrections and the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender

 

 

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1     Supervision or the Interstate Agreements on Sexually
2     Dangerous Persons Act; or .
3         (6) arrested and is suspected of committing a felony as
4     defined in Section 2-7 of the Criminal Code of 1961 on or
5     after the operative date of Section 107-2.5 of the Code of
6     Criminal Procedure of 1963.
7     Notwithstanding other provisions of this Section, any
8 person incarcerated in a facility of the Illinois Department of
9 Corrections or the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on
10 or after August 22, 2002, whether for a term of years, natural
11 life, or a sentence of death, who has not yet submitted a
12 sample of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be required to submit
13 a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue prior to his or her
14 final discharge, or release on parole or mandatory supervised
15 release, as a condition of his or her parole or mandatory
16 supervised release, or within 6 months from August 13, 2009
17 (the effective date of Public Act 96-426) the effective date of
18 this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, whichever is
19 sooner. A person Persons incarcerated on or after August 13,
20 2009 (the effective date of Public Act 96-426) the effective
21 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly shall
22 be required to submit a sample within 45 days of incarceration,
23 or prior to his or her final discharge, or release on parole or
24 mandatory supervised release, as a condition of his or her
25 parole or mandatory supervised release, whichever is sooner.
26 These specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA

 

 

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1 database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of
2 this Section, by the Illinois State Police.
3     Notwithstanding other provisions of this Section, any
4 person sentenced to life imprisonment in a facility of the
5 Illinois Department of Corrections after the effective date of
6 this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly or sentenced
7 to death after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
8 94th General Assembly shall be required to provide a specimen
9 of blood, saliva, or tissue within 45 days after sentencing or
10 disposition at a collection site designated by the Illinois
11 Department of State Police. Any person serving a sentence of
12 life imprisonment in a facility of the Illinois Department of
13 Corrections on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
14 94th General Assembly or any person who is under a sentence of
15 death on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
16 General Assembly shall be required to provide a specimen of
17 blood, saliva, or tissue upon request at a collection site
18 designated by the Illinois Department of State Police.
19     (a-5) Any person who was otherwise convicted of or received
20 a disposition of court supervision for any other offense under
21 the Criminal Code of 1961 or who was found guilty or given
22 supervision for such a violation under the Juvenile Court Act
23 of 1987, may, regardless of the sentence imposed, be required
24 by an order of the court to submit specimens of blood, saliva,
25 or tissue to the Illinois Department of State Police in
26 accordance with the provisions of this Section.

 

 

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1     (b) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(1.5),
2 (a)(2), (a)(3.5), and (a-5) to provide specimens of blood,
3 saliva, or tissue shall provide specimens of blood, saliva, or
4 tissue within 45 days after sentencing or disposition at a
5 collection site designated by the Illinois Department of State
6 Police.
7     (c) Any person required by paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(4), and
8 (a)(4.5) to provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall
9 be required to provide such samples prior to final discharge or
10 within 6 months from August 13, 2009 (the effective date of
11 Public Act 96-426) the effective date of this amendatory Act of
12 the 96th General Assembly, whichever is sooner. These specimens
13 shall be placed into the State or national DNA database, to be
14 used in accordance with other provisions of this Act, by the
15 Illinois State Police.
16     (c-5) Any person required by paragraph (a)(5) to provide
17 specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall, where feasible, be
18 required to provide the specimens before being accepted for
19 conditioned residency in Illinois under the interstate compact
20 or agreement, but no later than 45 days after arrival in this
21 State.
22     (c-6) The Illinois Department of State Police may determine
23 which type of specimen or specimens, blood, saliva, or tissue,
24 is acceptable for submission to the Division of Forensic
25 Services for analysis.
26     (c-7) Any person required by paragraph (a)(6) to provide

 

 

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1 specimens of saliva or tissue shall be required to provide the
2 specimens at the booking procedure. The law enforcement officer
3 shall verify at each arrest that the arrestee sample is not
4 already on file with the Department of State Police.
5     (d) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
6 all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of
7 blood samples. The collection of samples shall be performed in
8 a medically approved manner. Only a physician authorized to
9 practice medicine, a registered nurse or other qualified person
10 trained in venipuncture may withdraw blood for the purposes of
11 this Act. The samples shall thereafter be forwarded to the
12 Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
13 Services, for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker
14 groupings.
15     (d-1) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
16 all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of
17 saliva samples under this Section. The collection of saliva
18 samples shall be performed in a medically approved manner. Only
19 a person trained in the instructions promulgated by the
20 Illinois State Police on collecting saliva may collect saliva
21 for the purposes of this Section. The samples shall thereafter
22 be forwarded to the Illinois Department of State Police,
23 Division of Forensic Services, for analysis and categorizing
24 into genetic marker groupings.
25     (d-2) The Illinois Department of State Police shall provide
26 all equipment and instructions necessary for the collection of

 

 

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1 tissue samples under this Section. The collection of tissue
2 samples shall be performed in a medically approved manner. Only
3 a person trained in the instructions promulgated by the
4 Illinois State Police on collecting tissue may collect tissue
5 for the purposes of this Section. The samples shall thereafter
6 be forwarded to the Illinois Department of State Police,
7 Division of Forensic Services, for analysis and categorizing
8 into genetic marker groupings.
9     (d-5) To the extent that funds are available, the Illinois
10 Department of State Police shall contract with qualified
11 personnel and certified laboratories for the collection,
12 analysis, and categorization of known samples, except as
13 provided in subsection (n) of this Section.
14     (d-6) Agencies designated by the Illinois Department of
15 State Police and the Illinois Department of State Police may
16 contract with third parties to provide for the collection or
17 analysis of DNA, or both, of an offender's blood, saliva, and
18 tissue samples, except as provided in subsection (n) of this
19 Section.
20     (e) The genetic marker groupings shall be maintained by the
21 Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
22 Services.
23     (f) The genetic marker grouping analysis information
24 obtained pursuant to this Act and the information obtained
25 under Section 107-2.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
26 shall be confidential and shall be released only to peace

 

 

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1 officers of the United States, of other states or territories,
2 of the insular possessions of the United States, of foreign
3 countries duly authorized to receive the same, to all peace
4 officers of the State of Illinois and to all prosecutorial
5 agencies, and to defense counsel as provided by Section 116-5
6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. The genetic marker
7 grouping analysis information obtained pursuant to this Act
8 shall be used only for (i) valid law enforcement identification
9 purposes and as required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
10 for participation in the National DNA database, (ii) technology
11 validation purposes, (iii) a population statistics database,
12 (iv) quality assurance purposes if personally identifying
13 information is removed, (v) assisting in the defense of the
14 criminally accused pursuant to Section 116-5 of the Code of
15 Criminal Procedure of 1963, or (vi) identifying and assisting
16 in the prosecution of a person who is suspected of committing a
17 sexual assault as defined in Section 1a of the Sexual Assault
18 Survivors Emergency Treatment Act. Having established the
19 State DNA identification index, a match between casework
20 evidence DNA samples from a criminal investigation and DNA
21 samples from a State or federal DNA database of eligible
22 offenders may be used only to sustain probable cause for the
23 issuance of a warrant to obtain the DNA sample from an eligible
24 offender for confirmation. The identification, detention,
25 arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a database match
26 or database information is not invalidated if it is later

 

 

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1 determined that the sample should not have been obtained or
2 placed in the database. Notwithstanding any other statutory
3 provision to the contrary, all information obtained under this
4 Section shall be maintained in a single State data base, which
5 may be uploaded into a national database, and which information
6 may be subject to expungement only as set forth in subsection
7 (f-1).
8     (f-1) Upon receipt of a certified copy of a final court
9 order for notification of a reversal of each a conviction based
10 on actual innocence, or of the granting of a pardon pursuant to
11 Section 12 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution, if that
12 pardon document specifically states that the reason for the
13 pardon is the actual innocence of an individual whose DNA
14 record has been stored in the State or national DNA
15 identification index in accordance with this Section by the
16 Illinois Department of State Police, the DNA record for that
17 conviction shall be expunged from the DNA identification index,
18 and the Department shall by rule prescribe procedures to ensure
19 that the record and any samples, analyses, or other documents
20 relating to such record, whether in the possession or control
21 of the Department or any law enforcement or police agency, or
22 any forensic DNA laboratory, including any duplicates or copies
23 thereof, are destroyed and a letter is sent to the court
24 verifying the expungement is completed.
25     Upon receipt of a certified copy of a final court order for
26 each charge against an individual, whose DNA record has been

 

 

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1 stored in the State or national DNA identification index in
2 accordance with this Section by the Illinois Department of
3 State Police, establishing that such a charge has been
4 dismissed or resulted in acquittal or that no charge was filed
5 within the applicable time period, the DNA record for that
6 arrest shall be expunged from the DNA identification index, and
7 the Department shall by rule prescribe procedures to ensure
8 that the record and any samples, analyses, or other documents
9 relating to such records, in the possession or control of the
10 Department are destroyed and a letter is sent to the court
11 verifying the expungement is completed.
12     (f-5) Any person who intentionally uses genetic marker
13 grouping analysis information, or any other information
14 derived from a DNA sample, beyond the authorized uses as
15 provided under this Section or under Section 107-2.5 of the
16 Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or any other Illinois law,
17 is guilty of a Class 3 4 felony, and shall be subject to a fine
18 of not less than $5,000.
19     (f-6) The Illinois Department of State Police may contract
20 with third parties for the purposes of implementing this
21 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, except as provided
22 in subsection (n) of this Section. Any other party contracting
23 to carry out the functions of this Section shall be subject to
24 the same restrictions and requirements of this Section insofar
25 as applicable, as the Illinois Department of State Police, and
26 to any additional restrictions imposed by the Illinois

 

 

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1 Department of State Police.
2     (g) For the purposes of this Section, "qualifying offense"
3 means any of the following:
4         (1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section
5     11-6, 11-9.1, 11-11, 11-18.1, 12-15, or 12-16 of the
6     Criminal Code of 1961;
7         (1.1) any violation or inchoate violation of Section
8     9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 12-11, 12-11.1, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3,
9     18-4, 19-1, or 19-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 for which
10     persons are convicted on or after July 1, 2001;
11         (2) any former statute of this State which defined a
12     felony sexual offense;
13         (3) (blank);
14         (4) any inchoate violation of Section 9-3.1, 11-9.3,
15     12-7.3, or 12-7.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961; or
16         (5) any violation or inchoate violation of Article 29D
17     of the Criminal Code of 1961.
18     (g-5) (Blank).
19     (h) The Illinois Department of State Police shall be the
20 State central repository for all genetic marker grouping
21 analysis information obtained pursuant to this Act. The
22 Illinois Department of State Police may promulgate rules for
23 the form and manner of the collection of blood, saliva, or
24 tissue samples and other procedures for the operation of this
25 Act. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law shall
26 apply to all actions taken under the rules so promulgated.

 

 

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1     (i) (1) A person required to provide a blood, saliva, or
2     tissue specimen shall cooperate with the collection of the
3     specimen and any deliberate act by that person intended to
4     impede, delay or stop the collection of the blood, saliva,
5     or tissue specimen is a Class A misdemeanor.
6         (2) In the event that a person's DNA sample is not
7     adequate for any reason, the person shall provide another
8     DNA sample for analysis. Duly authorized law enforcement
9     and corrections personnel may employ reasonable force in
10     cases in which an individual refuses to provide a DNA
11     sample required under this Act.
12     (j) Any person sentenced and required by subsection (a) to
13 submit specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Illinois
14 Department of State Police for analysis and categorization into
15 genetic marker grouping, in addition to any other disposition,
16 penalty, or fine imposed, shall pay an analysis fee of $200. If
17 the analysis fee is not paid at the time of sentencing, the
18 court shall establish a fee schedule by which the entire amount
19 of the analysis fee shall be paid in full, such schedule not to
20 exceed 24 months from the time of conviction. The inability to
21 pay this analysis fee shall not be the sole ground to
22 incarcerate the person.
23     (k) All analysis and categorization fees provided for by
24 subsection (j) shall be regulated as follows:
25         (1) The State Offender DNA Identification System Fund
26     is hereby created as a special fund in the State Treasury.

 

 

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1         (2) All fees shall be collected by the clerk of the
2     court and forwarded to the State Offender DNA
3     Identification System Fund for deposit. The clerk of the
4     circuit court may retain the amount of $10 from each
5     collected analysis fee to offset administrative costs
6     incurred in carrying out the clerk's responsibilities
7     under this Section.
8         (3) Fees deposited into the State Offender DNA
9     Identification System Fund shall be used by Illinois State
10     Police crime laboratories as designated by the Director of
11     State Police. These funds shall be in addition to any
12     allocations made pursuant to existing laws and shall be
13     designated for the exclusive use of State crime
14     laboratories. These uses may include, but are not limited
15     to, the following:
16             (A) Costs incurred in providing analysis and
17         genetic marker categorization as required by
18         subsection (d).
19             (B) Costs incurred in maintaining genetic marker
20         groupings as required by subsection (e).
21             (C) Costs incurred in the purchase and maintenance
22         of equipment for use in performing analyses.
23             (D) Costs incurred in continuing research and
24         development of new techniques for analysis and genetic
25         marker categorization.
26             (E) Costs incurred in continuing education,

 

 

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1         training, and professional development of forensic
2         scientists regularly employed by these laboratories.
3     (l) The failure of a person to provide a specimen, or of
4 any person or agency to collect a specimen, within the 45 day
5 period shall in no way alter the obligation of the person to
6 submit such specimen, or the authority of the Illinois
7 Department of State Police or persons designated by the
8 Department to collect the specimen, or the authority of the
9 Illinois Department of State Police to accept, analyze and
10 maintain the specimen or to maintain or upload results of
11 genetic marker grouping analysis information into a State or
12 national database.
13     (m) If any provision of Public Act 93-216 this amendatory
14 Act of the 93rd General Assembly is held unconstitutional or
15 otherwise invalid, the remainder of Public Act 93-216 this
16 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly is not affected.
17     (n) Neither the Department of State Police, the Division of
18 Forensic Services, nor any laboratory of the Division of
19 Forensic Services may contract out forensic testing for the
20 purpose of an active investigation or a matter pending before a
21 court of competent jurisdiction without the written consent of
22 the prosecuting agency. For the purposes of this subsection
23 (n), "forensic testing" includes the analysis of physical
24 evidence in an investigation or other proceeding for the
25 prosecution of a violation of the Criminal Code of 1961 or for
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1 includes the use of forensic databases and databanks, including
2 DNA, firearm, and fingerprint databases, and expert testimony.
3     (o) If any provision of this amendatory Act of the 96th
4 General Assembly is held unconstitutional or otherwise
5 invalid, the remainder of this amendatory Act of the 96th
6 General Assembly is not affected.
7 (Source: P.A. 96-426, eff. 8-13-09; 96-642, eff. 8-24-09;
8 revised 9-15-09.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.