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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5288
Introduced 01/25/06, by Rep. Susana A Mendoza SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that on or before February 1 of each year, the Department of State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly (1) the number of specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue that are awaiting testing or analysis and categorizing into genetic marker groupings whether in the physical custody of the Department of State Police or in the physical custody of local law enforcement agencies, provided that the Department of State Police has notice of any specimens in the physical custody of local law enforcement agencies and (2) the number of persons convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of a qualifying offense
before July 1, 1990
and who are presently confined as a result of such convictions in any State
correctional facilities or county jails or who are presently serving a sentence of
probation, conditional discharge or periodic imprisonment as a result of such
convictions and whose specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue have not been analyzed and categorized into genetic marker groupings. Effective immediately.
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HB5288 |
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LRB094 16587 RLC 53903 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by |
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| changing Section 5-4-3a as follows:
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| (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a) |
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| Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability. |
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| (a) On or before February 1, 2005 and on or before February |
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| 1 of each year thereafter, the Department of State Police shall |
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| report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly |
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| the following information: |
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| (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting testing |
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| or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, including but |
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| not limited to those tests conducted under Section 5-4-3, |
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| as of December 31 of the previous year; and |
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| (1.5) the number of specimens of blood, saliva, or |
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| tissue that are awaiting testing or analysis and |
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| categorizing into genetic marker groupings whether in the |
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| physical custody of the Department of State Police or in |
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| the physical custody of local law enforcement agencies, |
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| provided that the Department of State Police has notice of |
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| any specimens in the physical custody of local law |
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| enforcement agencies; and
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| (1.6) the number of persons convicted of a qualifying |
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| offense as defined in Section 5-4-3 of this Code or attempt |
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| of a qualifying offense
before July 1, 1990
and who are |
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| presently confined as a result of such convictions in State
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| correctional facilities or county jails or who are |
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| presently serving a sentence of
probation, conditional |
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| discharge or periodic imprisonment as a result of such
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| convictions and whose specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue |
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| have not been analyzed and categorized into genetic marker |