Assembly Actions -
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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Assembly Bill A10760
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMOTAS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A10760 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A10760 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10760 I N A S S E M B L Y December 23, 2016 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simotas) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law and a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the executive law, relating to the processing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.10067-A and S.8117, in relation to making technical amend- ments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 838-a of the executive law, as added by a chap- ter of the laws of 2016, amending the executive law relating to process- ing and maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits, as proposed in legislative bills numbers A.10067-A and S.8117, is amended to read as follows: S 838-a. Maintenance of sexual offense evidence kits. 1. The following requirements shall apply to all sexual offense evidence kits surrendered to or collected by, at the request of, or with cooperation of [an agency engaged in a law enforcement function in the state] A POLICE AGENCY OR PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY: (a) Each such POLICE agency [engaged in a law enforcement function in the state] AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY shall submit any sexual offense evidence kits in its custody or control to an appropriate forensic labo- ratory within ten days of receipt. (b) Each forensic laboratory receiving sexual offense evidence kits after the effective date of this section shall ASSESS CASE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR COMBINED DNA INDEX SYSTEM (CODIS) ELIGIBILITY AND, IF ELIGIBLE, ANALYZE THE KITS AND ATTEMPT TO develop [Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)] CODIS eligible profiles of any potential perpetrators from the evidence [tested and, within ninety days after receipt of such kit,] SUBMITTED. THE FORENSIC LAB SHALL report the results to the submitting agency and appropriate prosecutorial entity WITHIN NINETY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF A KIT. (c) EACH POLICE AGENCY AND PROSECUTORIAL AGENCY THAT HAS ONE OR MORE SEXUAL OFFENSE EVIDENCE KIT IN ITS CUSTODY OR CONTROL SHALL, WITHIN EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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