08 LC 35
1041S
COMMITTEE
OF CONFERENCE SUBSTITUTE TO SB 430
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 24-4-63 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to dissemination of DNA information in data bank to law enforcement officials,
request for search, separate statistical data base authorized, and fee for
search and comparative analysis, so as to provide that the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation may compare lawfully collected information to lawfully maintained
samples; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 24-4-63 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
dissemination of DNA information in the DNA data bank to law enforcement
officials, request for search, separate statistical data base authorized, and
fee for search and comparative analysis, is amended by redesignating subsections
(b) through (e) as subsections (c) through (f) and adding a new subsection (b)
as follows:
"(b)
Upon request from a prosecutor or law enforcement agency, the bureau may compare
a DNA profile from an analysis of a sample from a suspect in a criminal
investigation where the sample was obtained through a search warrant, consent of
the suspect, court order, or other lawful means to DNA profiles lawfully
collected and maintained by the bureau. The bureau shall not add a DNA profile
of any such suspect to any DNA data bank except upon conviction as provided in
this article."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.