Bill Text: TX HB1536 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB1536 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1536-Introduced.html
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By: Eiland | H.B. No. 1536 |
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relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 411.1471, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.1471. DNA RECORDS OF PERSONS CHARGED WITH OR | ||
CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES [ |
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SECTION 2. Sections 411.1471(a) and (f), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies to a defendant who is: | ||
(1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony | ||
prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code | ||
sections: | ||
(A) Section 20.04(a)(4); | ||
(B) Section 21.11; | ||
(C) Section 22.011; | ||
(D) Section 22.021; | ||
(E) Section 25.02; | ||
(F) Section 30.02(d); | ||
(G) Section 43.05; | ||
(H) Section 43.25; | ||
(I) Section 43.26; or | ||
(J) Section 21.02; | ||
(2) arrested for any offense punishable as a Class B | ||
misdemeanor or any higher category of offense [ |
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(3) convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication | ||
for an offense under Section 21.07 or 21.08, Penal Code. | ||
(f) A defendant who provides a DNA sample under this section | ||
is not required to provide a DNA sample under Section 411.148 unless | ||
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interests of justice or public safety require that the defendant | ||
provide additional samples. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a person arrested for an offense committed on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A person arrested for an offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the | ||
law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, | ||
an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if | ||
any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |