HOUSE BILL No. 6539

 

October 20, 2010, Introduced by Rep. LeBlanc and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

by amending section 33d (MCL 791.233d), as amended by 2001 PA 86.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 33d. (1) A Each prisoner shall not be released on parole,

 

placed in a community placement facility of any kind, including a

 

community corrections center or a community residential home, or

 

discharged upon completion of his or her maximum sentence until he

 

or she has provided samples for chemical testing serving a sentence

 

in a state correctional facility, and each probationer placed at

 

the special alternative incarceration program pursuant to the

 

special alternative incarceration act, 1988 PA 287, MCL 798.11 to

 


798.18, shall provide a sample for DNA identification profiling. or

 

a determination of the sample's genetic markers and has provided

 

samples for a determination of his or her secretor status. However,

 

if If a valid sample has not already been collected in the manner

 

prescribed under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990

 

pa 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176, and recorded on the prisoner's or

 

probationer's criminal history record, the samples required under

 

this subsection shall be obtained within the following time

 

periods, as applicable:

 

     (a) For a prisoner serving a sentence in a state correctional

 

facility or a probationer in a special alternative incarceration

 

program on January 1, 2011, the samples shall be obtained not later

 

than July 1, 2011. However, if the prisoner or probationer is

 

released on parole, placed in a community placement facility of any

 

kind, including a community corrections center or a community

 

residential home, or discharged upon completion of his or her

 

maximum sentence before July 1, 2011, the samples shall be obtained

 

before the date of release, placement, or discharge. 

 

     (b) For a prisoner serving a sentence in a state correctional

 

facility or a probationer in a special alternative incarceration

 

program whose sentence begins after January 1, 2011, the samples

 

shall be obtained not later than 90 days after the date on which

 

the prisoner or probationer is committed to the jurisdiction of the

 

department.

 

     (2) If, at the time the prisoner or probationer is to be

 

released, placed, or discharged the department of state police

 

already has a sample from the prisoner or probationer that meets

 


the requirements of the DNA identification profiling system act,

 

1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176, the prisoner or probationer is

 

not required to provide another sample or pay the fee required

 

under subsection (4) (5).

 

     (3) (2) The samples required to be collected under this

 

section shall be collected by the department and transmitted by the

 

department to the department of state police in the manner

 

prescribed under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990

 

PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.

 

     (4) (3) The department may shall collect a sample under this

 

section regardless of whether the prisoner consents to the

 

collection. The department is not required to give the prisoner an

 

opportunity for a hearing or obtain a court order before collecting

 

the sample.

 

     (5) (4) A prisoner or probationer shall pay an assessment of

 

$60.00. The department shall transmit the assessments or portions

 

of assessments collected to the department of treasury for the

 

department of state police forensic science division to defray the

 

costs associated with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA

 

retention prescribed under the DNA identification profiling system

 

act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.

 

     (6) (5) 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.

 

     (7) (6) As used in this section, "sample" means a portion of a

 

prisoner's the blood, saliva, or tissue collected from the prisoner

 

or probationer.