00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 143                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) identification registration system."                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 44.41.035(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall collect for inclusion into the DNA                                
05       registration system a blood sample, oral sample, or both, from (1) a person convicted                             
06       of burglary or a crime against a person, and (2) a minor 16 years of age or older,                            
07       adjudicated as a delinquent for an act that would be burglary or a crime against a                            
08       person if committed by an adult.  The DNA identification registration system consists                             
09       of the blood or oral samples drawn under this section, any DNA or other blood                                     
10       grouping tests done on those samples, and the identification data related to the samples                          
11       or tests.  Except as provided in (c)(3) of this section, blood [BLOOD] samples and                            
12       oral samples from persons not subject to testing under this section, and test or                                  
13       identification data related to those samples, may not be entered into, or made a part of,                         
14       the DNA identification registration system.                                                                       
15    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.41.035(c) is amended to read:                                                                     

01            (c)  The Department of Public Safety may [PROVIDE]                                                           
02                 (1)  provide DNA analysis services to law enforcement agencies                                      
03       throughout the state; [AND]                                                                                       
04                 (2)  provide assistance to law enforcement officials and prosecutors in                             
05       the preparation and utilization of DNA evidence for presentation in court; and                                
06                 (3)  provide for the inclusion in the DNA registration system of                                    
07       samples, DNA or blood grouping tests, or identification data derived from                                     
08       samples from missing persons, unidentified human remains, or relatives of                                     
09       missing persons if the department finds that inclusion of the material or data                                
10       may benefit law enforcement or may likely lead to the solution of a crime or the                              
11       identification of an unidentified or missing person.