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Full Text of SB3014  93rd General Assembly

SB3014eng 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
SB3014 Engrossed LRB093 21081 RLC 47125 b

1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 adding Section 5-4-3a as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a new)
7     Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability.
8     (a) On or before February 1, 2005 and on or before February
9 1 of each year thereafter, the Department of State Police shall
10 report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly
11 the following information:
12         (1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting testing
13 or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, including but
14 not limited to those tests conducted under Section 5-4-3,
15 as of December 31 of the previous year; and
16         (2) what measures have been and are being taken to
17 reduce that backlog and the estimated costs or expenditures
18 in doing so.
19     (b) The information reported under this Section shall be
20 made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on
21 the official web site of the Department of State Police.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.