HOUSE BILL No. 4738

May 9, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Pearce, Stahl, Steil, Green, Agema, Rick Jones, Wenke, Pastor and Meadows and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

     A bill to amend 1953 PA 232, entitled

 

"Corrections code of 1953,"

 

by amending section 33d (MCL 791.233d), as amended by 2001 PA 86.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 33d. (1) A Each prisoner shall not be released on parole,

 

placed in a community placement facility of any kind, including a

 

community corrections center or a community residential home, or

 

discharged upon completion of his or her maximum sentence until he

 

or she has provided serving a sentence in a state correctional

 

facility shall provide samples for chemical testing for DNA

 

identification profiling or a determination of the sample's genetic

 

markers and has provided samples for a determination of his or her

 

secretor status. However, if The samples required under this


 

subsection shall be obtained within the following time periods, as

 

applicable:

 

     (a) For a prisoner serving a sentence in a state correctional

 

facility on January 1, 2008, the samples shall be obtained not

 

later than July 1, 2008. However, if the prisoner is released on

 

parole, placed in a community placement facility of any kind,

 

including a community corrections center or a community residential

 

home, or discharged upon completion of his or her maximum sentence

 

before July 1, 2008, the samples shall be obtained before the date

 

of release, placement, or discharge.

 

     (b) For a prisoner whose sentence in a state correctional

 

facility begins after January 1, 2008, the samples shall be

 

obtained not later than 30 days after the date on which the

 

prisoner is committed to the jurisdiction of the department.

 

     (2) If, at the time the prisoner is to be released, placed, or

 

discharged, the department of state police already has a sample

 

from the prisoner that meets the requirements of the DNA

 

identification profiling system act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to

 

28.176, the prisoner is not required to provide another sample

 

under subsection (1) or pay the fee assessment required under

 

subsection (4) (5).

 

     (3) (2) The samples required to be collected under this

 

section shall be collected by the department and transmitted by the

 

department to the department of state police in the manner

 

prescribed under the DNA identification profiling system act, 1990

 

PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.

 

     (4) (3) The department may collect a sample under this section


 

regardless of whether the prisoner consents to the collection. The

 

department is not required to give the prisoner an opportunity for

 

a hearing or obtain a court order before collecting the sample.

 

     (5) (4) A prisoner shall pay an assessment of $60.00. The

 

department shall transmit the assessments or portions of

 

assessments collected to the department of treasury for the

 

department of state police forensic science division to defray the

 

costs associated with the requirements of DNA profiling and DNA

 

retention prescribed under the DNA identification profiling system

 

act, 1990 PA 250, MCL 28.171 to 28.176.

 

     (6) (5) The DNA profiles of DNA samples received under this

 

section shall only be disclosed as follows:

 

     (a) To a criminal justice agency for law enforcement

 

identification purposes.

 

     (b) In a judicial proceeding as authorized or required by a

 

court.

 

     (c) To a defendant in a criminal case if the DNA profile is

 

used in conjunction with a charge against the defendant.

 

     (d) For an academic, research, statistical analysis, or

 

protocol developmental purpose only if personal identifications are

 

removed.

 

     (7) (6) As used in this section, "sample" means a portion of a

 

prisoner's blood, saliva, or tissue collected from the prisoner.