AN ACT relating to DNA and making an appropriation therefor. Amend KRS 17.169 to include local law enforcement as persons authorized to collect DNA samples; amend KRS 17.170 to provide for the collection of DNA samples at arrest or initial appearance from all persons charged with a felony offense; amend KRS 17.175 to require the removal and destruction of a DNA sample, DNA record, or any other identifiable information of a person from the DNA database identification system if the person's arrest or conviction that led to the taking of the DNA sample or inclusion of the DNA record resulted in an acquittal, a dismissal, a conviction for only nonfelony offenses, or were dismissed-diverted; amend KRS 64.060 to establish a $5 payment from the State Treasury to the collecting agency for each DNA sample collected; APPROPRIATION.
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Jan 2018
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Introduced Jan 11, 2018
Last action Jan 22, 2018
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Jan 22, 2018
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