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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5525   </title>
<shortdesc>CRIME LAB ANALYSIS FEES</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Franco Coladipietro</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>730 ILCS 5/5-9-1.4</reference><aliasreference>from Ch. 38, par. 1005-9-1.4</aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Unified Code of Corrections with respect to crime laboratory analysis fees. In the definition of "crime laboratory", provides that it must be formally accredited and must regularly employ persons who conduct analyses and provide testimony with respect to drug identification, latent fingerprint analysis, and DNA analysis. Enumerates additional offenses for which a guilty offender must pay a fee and increases those fees to varied amounts depending on the offense. Provides that laboratories using a crime laboratory fund must have and file documented procedures and policies concerning its response to discoveries of misconduct or incompetence and claims of innocence by convicted prisoners. Makes other changes.</SynopsisText><synopsistitle>House Amendment No. 1</synopsistitle>
<SynopsisText>Provides that $10 from each collected analysis fee shall be deposited into the Circuit Court Clerk Operation and Administrative Fund to offset administrative costs incurred in carrying out the clerk's responsibilities relating to the crime laboratory analysis fees.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/14/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Franco Coladipietro</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/14/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/19/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross</action>
<statusdate>2/20/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  by Voice Vote</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee;  011-001-000</action>
<statusdate>3/13/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>4/16/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Franco Coladipietro</action>
<statusdate>4/16/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>4/18/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 9, 2008</action>
<statusdate>4/30/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/9/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 23, 2008</action>
<statusdate>5/23/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2008</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>5/29/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate</action>
<statusdate>5/31/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>5/31/2008</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>House Amendment No. 2 Re-Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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