UNLAWFUL USE OF DNA INFO S.B. 1549: FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 1549 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator Alan L. Cropsey
Committee: Judiciary

CONTENT
The bill would amend the DNA Identification Profiling System Act to prohibit a person from doing any of the following:

-- Disseminating, receiving, or otherwise using or attempting to use information in the DNA identification profile record, knowing that it was for a purpose not authorized by law.
-- Willfully removing, destroying, tampering with, or attempting to tamper with a DNA sample, record, or other DNA information obtained or retained under the Act without lawful authority.

A violation would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year's imprisonment, a maximum fine of $1,000, or both.


Proposed MCL 28.175 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter

FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have an indeterminate fiscal impact on local government. There are no data to indicate how many offenders would be convicted of the proposed offense. Local governments would incur the costs of misdemeanor probation and incarceration in local facilities, which vary by county. Additional penal fine revenue would benefit public libraries.


Date Completed: 11-13-08 Fiscal Analyst: Lindsay Hollander

Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1549/0708