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House Bill 2932 |
House Author: Vaught et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Carona |
House Bill 2932 amends the Government Code to require the bureau of identification and records to establish and maintain a central index in the law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to collect and disseminate certain information regarding additional offenses that forensic DNA test results indicate may have been committed by a defendant who has been arrested for or charged with any felony or misdemeanor offense, other than a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only. The bill provides for the confidentiality of the information maintained by DPS in the central index, sets forth the criteria the information must meet to qualify for entry in the index, and prohibits DPS from disseminating the information except to a criminal justice agency on proper inquiry.
House Bill 2932 authorizes an applicable defendant to submit a request to determine whether the bureau has entered information relating to the defendant in the central index, requires the head of the bureau or that person's designee and the head of DPS's crime laboratory in Austin to review the information for accuracy if a defendant alleges the bureau may have entered inaccurate information, and sets forth procedures and requirements for the bureau to follow in acting on requests and the findings of the review.