00 HOUSE BILL NO. 31                                                                                                       
01 "An Act directing the Department of Public Safety to establish and maintain a                                           
02 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification registration system and requiring DNA                                        
03 registration by persons convicted of a felony sex offense; and providing for an                                         
04 effective date."                                                                                                        
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  The legislature finds that                                                      
07   (1)  recent developments in molecular biology and genetics have important                                             
08 applications for forensic science; it has been scientifically established that there is a unique                        
09 pattern to the chemical structure of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) contained in each cell                             
10 of the human body; the process for identifying this pattern is called "DNA identification"; and                         
11   (2)  the accuracy of identification provided by this method is superior to that                                       
12 of any presently existing technique and recognizes the importance of this scientific                                    
13 breakthrough in providing a reliable and accurate tool for the investigation and prosecution                            
14 of sex offenses.                                                                                                        
01    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.41 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                      
02  Sec. 44.41.035.  DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.  (a)  To support criminal                                                 
03 justice services in this state, the Department of Public Safety shall establish a                                       
04 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification registration system.                                                         
05  (b)  A person convicted in this state of a sex offense shall have a blood sample                                      
06 drawn for purposes of DNA identification analysis.  A blood sample taken under this                                     
07 section may be used only for the purpose of providing DNA or other blood grouping                                       
08 tests for identification analysis, for prosecution of a sex offense, or for preparation of                              
09 statistical blind analysis for use in prosecution of a sex offense.                                                     
10  (c)  The Department of Public Safety may provide                                                                      
11   (1)  DNA analysis services to law enforcement agencies throughout the                                                
12 state;                                                                                                                  
13   (2)  assistance to law enforcement officials and prosecutors in the                                                  
14 preparation and utilization of DNA evidence for presentation in court; and                                              
15   (3)  expert testimony in court on DNA evidentiary issues.                                                            
16  (d)  A local law enforcement agency may contract with private laboratories to                                         
17 perform DNA identification analysis in individual cases to assist law enforcement                                       
18 officials and prosecutors in the preparation and use of DNA evidence for presentation                                   
19 in court.                                                                                                               
20  (e)  DNA identification data may not be used for any purpose that is not related                                      
21 to a criminal investigation or to improving the operation of the system authorized by                                   
22 this section.                                                                                                           
23  (f)  In this section, "sex offense" has the meaning given in AS 12.63.100.                                            
24    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1996.