1-A.__Response; hearing.__The State shall file a response to the motion filed pursuant to subsection 1 within 30 days of receipt of the motion.__The court shall hear the motion no sooner than 30 days or later than 90 days after the motion is filed pursuant to subsection 1.

2. Preservation of evidence. If a motion is filed under this chapter, the The court shall order the State to preserve during the pendency of the proceeding all evidence in the State's possession or control that could be subjected to DNA analysis for the period of time that a person remains incarcerated, on probation, civilly committed or subject to registration as a sex offender under Title 34-A, chapter 15. The When a motion is filed pursuant to this chapter, the State shall prepare an inventory of the evidence and submit a copy of the inventory to the defense and the court. If evidence is intentionally destroyed after the court orders its preservation, the court may impose appropriate sanctions on the responsible party.

2-A.__Discovery.__Following the filing of a motion pursuant to this chapter, the court may:

A.__Order the State to locate and provide the petitioner filing the motion with any documents, notes, logs or reports relating to items of physical evidence collected in connection with the petitioner's case and assist the petitioner in locating items of biological evidence that the State contends may have been lost or destroyed.__The court may order the State to take reasonable measures to locate biological evidence that may be in the State's custody or to assist the petitioner in locating evidence that may be in the custody of a public or private hospital, laboratory or other facility;

B.__Order the production of laboratory reports, including the underlying data and notes, that have been prepared in connection with evidence that has previously been subjected to DNA analysis; or

C.__Require that, if any DNA analysis or biological evidence testing was previously conducted by either the State or the petitioner without the knowledge of the other party, such analysis or testing be revealed in the motion for analysis or the response.