HOUSE BILL No. 4014

 

January 27, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Kahn and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1990 PA 250, entitled

 

"DNA identification profiling system act,"

 

by amending section 6 (MCL 28.176), as amended by 2003 PA 76.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 6. (1) The department shall permanently retain a DNA

 

identification profile of an individual obtained from a sample in

 

the manner prescribed by the department under this act if any of

 

the following apply:

 

     (a) The individual is found responsible for a violation of

 

section 83, 91, 316, 317, or 321 of the Michigan penal code, 1931

 

PA 328, MCL 750.83, 750.91, 750.316, 750.317, and 750.321, or a

 

violation or attempted violation of section 349, 520b, 520c, 520d,

 

520e, or 520g of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.349,

 


750.520b, 750.520c, 750.520d, 750.520e, and 750.520g, or a

 

violation of section 167(1)(c) or (f) or 335a of the Michigan penal

 

code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.167 and 750.335a, or a local ordinance

 

substantially corresponding to section 167(1)(c) or (f) or 335a of

 

the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.167 and 750.335a.

 

     (b) The individual is convicted of a felony or attempted

 

felony, or any of the following misdemeanors, or local ordinances

 

that are substantially corresponding to the following misdemeanors:

 

     (i) A violation of section 145a of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145a, enticing a child for immoral purposes.

 

     (ii) A violation of section 167(1)(c), (f), or (i) of the

 

Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.167, disorderly person by

 

window peeping, engaging in indecent or obscene conduct in public,

 

or loitering in a house of ill fame or prostitution.

 

     (iii) A violation of section 335a of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.335a, indecent exposure.

 

     (iv) A violation of section 451 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.451, first and second prostitution violations.

 

     (v) A violation of section 454 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.454, leasing a house for purposes of

 

prostitution.

 

     (vi) A violation of section 462 of the Michigan penal code,

 

1931 PA 328, MCL 750.462, female under the age of 17 in a house of

 

prostitution.

 

     (2) The DNA profiles of DNA samples received under this

 

section shall only be disclosed as follows:

 

     (a) To a criminal justice agency for law enforcement

 


identification purposes.

 

     (b) In a judicial proceeding as authorized or required by a

 

court.

 

     (c) To a defendant in a criminal case if the DNA profile is

 

used in conjunction with a charge against the defendant.

 

     (d) For an academic, research, statistical analysis, or

 

protocol developmental purpose only if personal identifications are

 

removed.

 

     (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if at the time the

 

individual is convicted of or found responsible for the violation

 

the investigating law enforcement agency or the department of state

 

police already has a sample from the individual that meets the

 

requirements of this act, the individual is not required to provide

 

another sample or pay the fee required under subsection (5).

 

     (4) The county sheriff or the investigating law enforcement

 

agency as ordered by the court shall provide for collecting the

 

samples required to be provided under subsection (1) in a medically

 

approved manner by qualified persons using supplies provided by the

 

department of state police and shall forward those samples and any

 

samples described in subsection (1) that were already in the

 

agency's possession to the department of state police. The

 

collecting and forwarding of samples shall be done in the manner

 

required under this act. A sample shall be collected by the county

 

sheriff or the investigating law enforcement agency after

 

conviction or a finding of responsibility but before sentencing or

 

disposition as ordered by the court and promptly transmitted to the

 

department of state police. This subsection does not preclude a law

 


enforcement agency or state agency from obtaining a sample at or

 

after sentencing or disposition.

 

     (5)  Until October 1, 2003, the  The court shall order each

 

individual found responsible for or convicted of 1 or more crimes

 

listed in subsection (1) to pay an assessment of $60.00. The

 

assessment required under this subsection is in addition to any

 

fine, costs, or other assessments imposed by the court.

 

     (6) An assessment required under subsection (5) shall be

 

ordered upon the record and shall be listed separately in the

 

adjudication order, judgment of sentence, or order of probation.

 

     (7) After reviewing a verified petition by an individual

 

against whom an assessment is imposed under subsection (5), the

 

court may suspend payment of all or part of the assessment if it

 

determines the individual is unable to pay the assessment.

 

     (8) The court that imposes the assessment prescribed under

 

subsection (5) may retain 10% of all assessments or portions of

 

assessments collected for costs incurred under this section and

 

shall transmit that money to its funding unit. On the last day of

 

each month, the clerk of the court shall transmit the assessments

 

or portions of assessments collected under this section as follows:

 

     (a) Twenty-five percent to the county sheriff or other

 

investigating law enforcement agency that collected the DNA sample

 

as designated by the court to defray the costs of collecting DNA

 

samples.

 

      (b) Until October 1, 2003, 65% to the department of treasury

 

for the department's forensic science division to defray the costs

 

associated with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA retention

 


prescribed under this act.

 

     (b)   (c) Beginning October 1, 2003, 65%  Sixty-five percent

 

to the state treasurer for deposit in the justice system fund

 

created in section 181 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961

 

PA 236, MCL 600.181.

 

     (9) Beginning December 31, 2002, the director of the

 

department shall report by December 31 of each year concerning the

 

rate of DNA sample collection, DNA identification profiling,

 

retention and compilation of DNA identification profiles, and the

 

collection of assessments required under subsection (5) to all of

 

the following:

 

     (a) The standing committees of the senate and house of

 

representatives concerned with DNA sample collection and retention.

 

     (b) The house of representatives appropriations subcommittee

 

on state police and military affairs.

 

     (c) The senate appropriations subcommittee on state police.

 

     (10) If a sample was collected under subsection (1) from an

 

individual who does not have more than 1 conviction, and that

 

conviction was reversed by an appellate court, the individual may

 

petition the sentencing court to order the disposing of the sample

 

collected and DNA identification profile record for that conviction

 

in the manner provided in subsections (12) and (13). The sentencing

 

court shall only enter the order upon a finding that the individual

 

has proven by clear and convincing evidence that the conviction was

 

reversed based upon the great weight of the evidence, specifically,

 

that there was overwhelming evidence against the verdict resulting

 

in a miscarriage of justice.

 


     (11) Any other DNA identification profile obtained by the

 

department shall not be permanently retained by the department but

 

shall be retained only as long as it is needed for a criminal

 

investigation or criminal prosecution.

 

     (12) If the state police forensic laboratory determines after

 

analysis that a sample has been submitted by an individual who has

 

been eliminated as a suspect in a crime, the laboratory shall

 

dispose of the sample and the DNA identification profile record in

 

the following manner:

 

     (a) The laboratory shall dispose of the sample in compliance

 

with section 13811 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL

 

333.13811.

 

     (b) The laboratory shall dispose of the sample and the DNA

 

identification profile record in the presence of a witness.

 

     (13) After disposal in accordance with subsection (12), the

 

laboratory shall make and keep a written record of the disposal,

 

signed by the individual who witnessed the disposal.