Bill Text: TX SB1359 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1359-Introduced.html
82R13655 NAJ-F | ||
By: Harris | S.B. No. 1359 |
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relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health | ||
Science Center at Fort Worth. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 63.0515 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 63.0515. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. For purposes of | ||
this subchapter, the center is a criminal justice agency that | ||
performs forensic DNA analyses on evidence, including evidence | ||
related to a case involving unidentified human remains or a | ||
high-risk missing person. The center shall comply with 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 14132. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 63.052(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The [ |
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identify unidentified human remains and high-risk missing persons. | ||
SECTION 3. Article 63.052(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |