Chapter 455
2004 -- H 7290
Enacted 07/07/04
A N A C T
RELATING
TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DNA DETECTION OF FELONY OFFENDERS
Introduced
By: Representatives Dennigan, Anguilla, and Slater
Date
Introduced: January 21, 2004
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Sections 12-1.5-1 and 12-1.5-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-1.5
entitled
"DNA Detection of Felony Offenders" are hereby amended to read as
follows:
12-1.5-1.
Policy. [Contingent effective date -- see note] -- The general assembly
finds
and
declares that DNA databanks and DNA databases are important tools in criminal
investigations,
in the exclusion of individuals who are the subject of criminal investigations
or
prosecutions,
and in deterring and detecting recidivism. Many states have enacted laws
requiring
persons
convicted of sexual and violent offenses to provide genetic samples for DNA
profiling.
Moreover,
it is the policy of this state to assist federal, state and local criminal
justice and law
enforcement
agencies in the identification and detection of individuals in criminal
investigations.
It is
therefore in the best interest of the state to establish a DNA databank and a
DNA database
containing
DNA samples and DNA records of individuals convicted of a crime of violence as
defined
in section 11-47-2, or convicted of any felony as defined in the general
laws of Rhode
Island, and missing persons.
12-1.5-1.
Policy. [Contingent effective date -- see note.] -- The general
assembly finds
and
declares that DNA databanks and DNA databases are important tools in criminal
investigations,
in the exclusion of individuals who are the subject of criminal investigations
or
prosecutions,
and in deterring and detecting recidivism. Many states have enacted laws
requiring
persons
convicted of sexual and violent offenses to provide genetic samples for DNA
profiling.
Moreover,
it is the policy of this state to assist federal, state, and local criminal
justice and law
enforcement
agencies in the identification and detection of individuals in criminal
investigations.
It is
in the best interest of the state to establish a DNA databank and a DNA
database containing
DNA
samples and DNA records of individuals convicted of a crime of violence as
defined in
section
11-47-2, or convicted of any felony as defined in the general laws of Rhode
Island, and
missing
persons.
12-1.5-7.
Scope and applicability. [Contingent effective date -- see note] -- For
law
enforcement
purposes, this chapter is applicable to adult persons convicted or sentenced to
a
period
of probation for any of the following offenses: sections 11-37-2, 11-37-4,
11-37-8, 11-37-
8.1,
11-37-8.3, 11-23-1 and 11-23-3 and for any crime of violence as defined
in section 11-47-2
for
offenses committed after July 1, 2001. , and for any felony as
defined in the general laws of
Rhode
Island.
12-1.5-7.
Scope and applicability. [Contingent effective date -- see note.] --
For law
enforcement
purposes, this chapter is applicable to adult persons convicted or sentenced to
a
period
of probation for any of the following offenses: sections 11-37-2, 11-37-4,
11-37-8, 11-37-
8.1,
11-37-8.3, 11-23-1, and 11-23-3, and for any crime of violence as
defined in section 11-47-2
for
offenses committed after July 1, 2001. , and for any felony as
defined in the general laws of
Rhode
Island.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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