SENATE BILL No. 1549

 

 

September 25, 2008, Introduced by Senator CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1990 PA 250, entitled

 

"DNA identification profiling system act,"

 

(MCL 28.171 to 28.176) by adding section 5.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. (1) An individual shall not disseminate, receive, or

 

otherwise use or attempt to use information in the DNA

 

identification profile record knowing that the dissemination,

 

receipt, or use of that information is for a purpose not authorized

 

by law. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of a

 

misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or

 

a fine of not more than $ 1,000.00, or both.

 

     (2) An individual shall not willfully remove, destroy, tamper

 

with, or attempt to tamper with a DNA sample, record, or other DNA

 

information obtained or retained under this act without lawful

 


authority. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of

 

a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year

 

or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.