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§ 2-514. Report to Office of Legislative Audits

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic SafetyEffective: March 7, 2020

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Safety (Refs & Annos)
Title 2. Department of State Police (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Statewide DNA Data Base System (Refs & Annos)
Effective: March 7, 2020
MD Code, Public Safety, § 2-514
§ 2-514. Report to Office of Legislative Audits
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Due date of reports, content
(a) On or before April 1, 2010, and on or before April 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter, each local law enforcement unit shall report to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services on the status of crime scene DNA collection and analysis in its respective jurisdiction for the preceding calendar year, and the Department shall report to the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services on the status of crime scene DNA collection statewide for the preceding calendar year, including:
(1) the crimes for which crime scene DNA evidence is routinely collected;
(2) the approximate number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected during the preceding year for each category of crime;
(3) the average time between crime scene DNA evidence collection and analysis;
(4) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples collected and not analyzed at the time of the study;
(5) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples submitted to the statewide DNA database during the preceding year; and
(6) the number of crime scene DNA evidence samples, including sexual assault evidence, collected by hospitals in the county during the preceding year.
Summary report
(b) The Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services shall compile the information reported by the local law enforcement units and the Department under subsection (a) of this section and submit an annual summary report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.

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Added by Acts 2008, c. 337, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 431, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2016, c. 49, § 1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2020, c. 11, § 1, eff. March 7, 2020.
MD Code, Public Safety, § 2-514, MD PUBLIC SAFETY § 2-514
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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