| 1 | 1 | | By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 2385 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Criminal Justice; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health |
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| 11 | 11 | | Science Center at Fort Worth. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal |
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| 14 | 14 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 63.0515 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Art. 63.0515. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. For purposes of |
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| 16 | 16 | | this subchapter, the center is a criminal justice agency that |
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| 17 | 17 | | performs forensic DNA analyses on evidence, including evidence |
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| 18 | 18 | | related to a case involving unidentified human remains or a |
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| 19 | 19 | | high-risk missing person. The center shall comply with 42 U.S.C. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 14132. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Article 63.052(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 22 | 22 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The [sole purpose of the] database may be used [is] to |
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| 24 | 24 | | identify unidentified human remains and high-risk missing persons. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Article 63.052(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 26 | 26 | | is repealed. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 32 | 32 | | * * * * * |
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