SB-0444,As Passed Senate,Jun 3, 2003                                        

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 444

                                                                             A bill to amend 1994 PA 35, entitled                                              

"The forensic laboratory funding act,"                                      

by amending sections 5, 6, and 7 (MCL 12.205, 12.206, and                   

12.207), section 6 as amended by 1998 PA 98.                                

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 5.   (1)  The investigating officer of each criminal                   

2   case being adjudicated shall advise the prosecuting attorney if a           

3   forensic laboratory has conducted a forensic test in the case.              

4   (2) The prosecuting attorney shall examine the case and                     

5   notify the court that a forensic laboratory has conducted a                 

6   forensic test in the investigation of the case before the court.

7       Sec. 6.  (1) The court shall order each person convicted and                

8   sentenced before October 1, 2003 of 1 or more crimes in the case            

9   to pay an assessment of $150.00 if 1 or more of the following               

10  apply:                                                                      

1       (a) The court is notified pursuant to section 5 that a                      

2   forensic laboratory has conducted a forensic test in the                    

3   investigation of the case.                                                  

4       (b) The person is convicted of a CSC offense.                               

5       (2) The assessment required under subsection (1) is in                      

6   addition to any fine, costs, or other assessments imposed by the            

7   court.  An assessment required under subsection (1) shall be                

8   ordered upon the record, and shall be listed separately in the              

9   judgment of sentence or order of probation.                                 

10      (3) After reviewing a verified petition by the defendant                    

11  against whom an assessment is imposed, the court may suspend                

12  payment of all or part of the assessment if it determines the               

13  defendant is unable to pay the assessment.                                  

14      (4) The court, prosecuting attorney, and originating                        

15  investigating law enforcement agency may each retain 5% of all              

16  assessments or portions of assessments collected for costs                  

17  incurred pursuant to this section and shall transmit that money             

18  to their respective funding units.  On the last day of each                 

19  month, the clerk of the court shall transmit the remainder of               

20  assessments or portions of assessments collected under this                 

21  section as follows:                                                         

22      (a) Assessments ordered and collected before October 1, 2003                

23  shall be transmitted to the department of treasury for deposit in           

24  the state forensic laboratory fund created in section 3.                    

25  (b) Assessments ordered before October 1, 2003, but collected               

26  on or after October 1, 2003, shall be transmitted to the state              

27  treasurer for deposit in the justice system fund created in                 

1   section 181 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236,             

2   MCL 600.181.

3       Sec. 7.  (1) Beginning October 1, 2003, the department of                   

4   treasury, each month, shall distribute proceeds of the state                

5   laboratory fund that are received from the justice system fund              

6   under section 181 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA            

7   236, MCL 600.181, as follows:                                               

8       (a) For the state fiscal year beginning October 1, 2003, 19%                

9   to the department of state police to defray the cost of complying           

10  with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA retention under              

11  the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL               

12  28.171 to 28.176, with the balance of the fund being available              

13  for distribution under subsections (2) to (5).                              

14      (b) For the state fiscal year beginning October 1, 2004 and                 

15  subsequent state fiscal years, 45% to the department of state               

16  police to defray the cost of complying with the requirements of             

17  DNA profiling and DNA retention under the DNA identification                

18  profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176, with the           

19  balance of the fund being available for distribution under                  

20  subsections (2) to (5).

21  (2)  (1)  A municipality that maintains a forensic laboratory               

22  and that incurred expenses for a forensic test by that laboratory           

23  may apply for reimbursement of those expenses on a form provided            

24  by the department of treasury.                                              

25  (3)  (2)  A municipality applying under subsection  (1) (2)

26  shall report to the department of treasury the number of criminal           

27  investigations in the preceding year for which the municipality's           

1   forensic laboratory performed 1 or more forensic tests.  The                

2   department of state police shall report to the department of                

3   treasury in the manner prescribed by that department the number             

4   of criminal investigations in the preceding year for which the              

5   department of state police performed 1 or more forensic tests,              

6   whether the investigation was conducted by the department of                

7   state police or by the law enforcement agency of a municipality.            

8   The department of state police shall also report the number of              

9   DNA identification profilings performed pursuant to the DNA                 

10  identification profiling system act,  Act No. 250 of the Public             

11  Acts of 1990, being sections 28.171 to 28.178 of the Michigan

12  Compiled Laws 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.                           

13  (4)  (3)  The number of investigations reported pursuant to                 

14  subsection  (2) (3) shall exclude any investigation reported in            

15  a previous year.                                                            

16  (5)  (4) The After the distributions under subsection (1)                  

17  are made, the department of treasury shall distribute proceeds of           

18  the state forensic laboratory fund annually to a municipality               

19  applying under this section in an amount determined by                      

20  multiplying the  total remaining amount  received  in the fund             

21  for that period by a fraction, the numerator of which is the                

22  total of investigations reported pursuant to subsection  (2) (3)

23  by that municipality for that period and the denominator of which           

24  is the total of investigations and DNA identification profilings            

25  reported pursuant to subsection  (2) (3) for that period.  The             

26  balance of the  total amount received in the  fund for that                 

27  period after distributions  to municipalities under subsection             

1   (1) and this subsection shall be credited to the department of              

2   state police.                                                               

3   (6)  (5)  The legislature shall appropriate money in the                    

4   state forensic laboratory fund credited to the department of                

5   state police to that department exclusively for forensic science            

6   services.  The use of money appropriated pursuant to this section           

7   may include, but is not limited to, any of the following:                   

8       (a) Costs incurred in providing forensic tests in connection                

9   with criminal investigations conducted within this state.                   

10      (b) Purchasing or maintaining equipment used in performing                  

11  forensic tests.                                                             

12      (c) Providing for the continuing education, training, and                   

13  professional development of regularly employed laboratory                   

14  personnel.                                                                  

15      (d) Payment of expenses for implementing and performing                     

16  procedures for DNA identification profiling under the DNA                   

17  identification profiling system act,  Act No. 250 of the Public             

18  Acts of 1990 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.                            

19  (7)  (6)  Money appropriated from the state forensic                        

20  laboratory fund to the division of the department of state police           

21  concerned with forensic sciences shall be in addition to any                

22  allocations made pursuant to existing law and is intended to                

23  enhance appropriations from the general fund and not to replace             

24  or supplant those appropriations.                                           

25  (7) Funds credited to the department of state police                        

26  pursuant to this act for the fiscal year ending September 30,               

27  1994 are appropriated to the department of state police for the             

1   purposes described in subsection (5).

2       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect                       

3   October 1, 2003.