CHAPTER 393

H.P. 300 - L.D. 380

An Act To Protect Public Safety Using DNA Data of

Juvenile Violent Offenders

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1572, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 457, §1, is amended to read:

6. DNA sample. "DNA sample" means a blood biological sample provided by a person convicted or a juvenile adjudicated of one of the offenses listed in this chapter or submitted to the crime lab for analysis pursuant to a criminal investigation.

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §1572, sub-§7-A is enacted to read:

7-A.__Juvenile.__"Juvenile" means any person who has not attained 18 years of age.

Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §1574, as amended by PL 2001, c. 325, §§1 to 5, is further amended to read:

§1574. Biological sample required for DNA analysis upon

conviction or adjudication

1. Conviction subsequent to effective date. A person convicted, on or after January 1, 1996 and before October 1, 2001, of a crime listed in subsection 4 or a person convicted on or after October 1, 2001, of a crime listed in subsection 5 shall