88R14413 CJD-F
By: Smith H.B. No. 3958
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist law
enforcement agencies in collecting DNA samples from defendants
arrested for certain felony offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1472 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1472. DNA SAMPLE COLLECTION GRANT PROGRAM. (a)
From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the
department shall establish and implement a grant program to assist
law enforcement agencies in taking a DNA sample after arresting a
defendant as required by Section 411.1471.
(b) The department shall adopt rules necessary to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
shall establish the grant program required under Section 411.1472,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.