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LRB095 10237 RCE 30451 b |
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Identification Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 9.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2630/9.5 new) |
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| Sec. 9.5. Material for DNA fingerprint analysis. Every |
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| county medical examiner and coroner shall provide to the |
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| Department a sample of dried blood and buccal specimens (tissue |
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| may be submitted if no uncontaminated blood or buccal specimens |
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| can be obtained) from a dead body for DNA fingerprint analysis |
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| if the Department notifies the medical examiner or coroner that |
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| the Department has determined that providing that sample may be |
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| useful for law enforcement purposes in a criminal |
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| investigation. In addition, if a local law enforcement agency |
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| notifies a county medical examiner or coroner that such a |
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| sample would be useful in a criminal examination, the county |
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| medical examiner or coroner shall provide a sample to the local |
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| law enforcement agency for submission to the Department.
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