81R11747 KEL-D

By: Edwards H.B. No. 3205

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) This section applies to a defendant who has not already provided a sample to an arresting agency as required by Section 411.148(a)(1)(C) and who [is]:

(1) is indicted or waives indictment for a felony prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code sections:

(A) Section 20.04(a)(4);

(B) Section 21.11;

(C) Section 22.011;

(D) Section 22.021;

(E) Section 25.02;

(F) Section 30.02(d);

(G) Section 43.05;

(H) Section 43.25;

(I) Section 43.26; or

(J) Section 21.02;

(2) is arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1) after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or

(3) is convicted of an offense under Section 21.07 or 21.08, Penal Code.

SECTION 2. Section 411.148, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (d), (f), and (h) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

(a) This section applies to:

(1) an individual who is:

(A) ordered by a magistrate or court to provide a sample under Section 411.154 or other law; [or]

(B) confined in a penal institution operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or

(C) arrested for any offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or higher; or

(2) a juvenile who is, after an adjudication for conduct constituting a felony, confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission.

(d) If an individual described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) is received into custody by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, that department shall collect the sample from the individual during the diagnostic process or at another time determined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, unless the individual has already provided a sample to an arresting agency as required by Subsection (a)(1)(C).

(d-1) If an individual described by Subsection (a)(1)(C) is lawfully arrested, the arresting agency shall collect the sample from the individual during the fingerprinting and booking process.

(f) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall notify the director that an individual to whom Subsection (d) applies [described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)] is to be released from custody not earlier than the 120th day before the individual's statutory release date and not later than the 90th day before the individual's statutory release date. The [An] individual [described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)] may not be held past the individual's statutory release date if the individual fails or refuses to provide a DNA sample under this section. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice may take lawful administrative action, including disciplinary action resulting in the loss of good conduct time, against an individual [described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)] who refuses to provide a sample as required by Subsection (d) [under this section]. In this subsection, "statutory release date" means the date on which an individual is discharged from the individual's controlling sentence.

(h) An employee of a criminal justice agency or of an arresting agency may use force against an individual required to provide a DNA sample under this section when and to the degree the employee reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to collect the sample.

SECTION 3. Section 411.148(i)(1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(1) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice as soon as practicable shall cause a sample to be collected from an individual, other than an individual who has already provided a sample to an arresting agency as required by Subsection (a)(1)(C), [described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)] if:

(A) the individual is confined in another penal institution after sentencing and before admission to the department; and

(B) the department determines that the individual is likely to be released before being admitted to the department.

SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a person arrested for an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A person arrested for an offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.