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2011 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-310.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-310.2. Blood, saliva, or tissue sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction of a certain crimes; fee.
A. Every person convicted of a felony on or after July 1,
1990, and every person convicted of a felony offense under Article 7 (§ 18.2-61
et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 who was incarcerated on July 1, 1989, and
every person convicted of a violation of (i) § 18.2-67.4, (ii) § 18.2-67.4:2,
(iii) subsection C of § 18.2-67.5, (iv) § 18.2-130 or (v) § 18.2-370.6 shall
have a sample of his blood, saliva or tissue taken for DNA (deoxyribonucleic
acid) analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the
person. If a sample has been previously taken from the person as indicated by
the Local Inmate Data System (LIDS), no additional sample shall be taken. The
Department of Forensic Science shall provide to LIDS the most current
information submitted to the DNA data bank on a weekly basis and shall remove
from LIDS and the data bank persons no longer eligible to be in the data bank.
A fee of $25 shall be charged for the withdrawal of this sample. The fee shall
be taxed as part of the costs of the criminal case resulting in the felony conviction
and one-half of the fee shall be paid into the general fund of the locality
where the sample was taken and one-half of the fee shall be paid into the
general fund of the state treasury. This fee shall only be taxed one time
regardless of the number of samples taken. The assessment provided for herein
shall be in addition to any other fees prescribed by law. The analysis shall be
performed by the Department of Forensic Science or other entity designated by
the Department. The identification characteristics of the profile resulting
from the DNA analysis shall be stored and maintained by the Department in a DNA
data bank and shall be made available only as provided in § 19.2-310.5.
B. After July 1, 1990, the blood, saliva or tissue sample shall be taken prior to release from custody. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 53.1-159, any person convicted of a felony who is in custody after July 1, 1990, shall provide a blood, saliva or tissue sample prior to his release. Every person so convicted after July 1, 1990, who is not sentenced to a term of confinement shall provide a blood, saliva or tissue sample as a condition of such sentence. A person required under this section to submit a sample for DNA analysis is not relieved from this requirement regardless of whether no blood, saliva, or tissue sample has been taken from the person or, if a sample has been taken, whether the sample or the results from the analysis of a sample cannot be found in the DNA data bank maintained by the Department of Forensic Science.
C. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Department of Forensic Science from including the identification characteristics of an individual’s DNA profile in the DNA data bank as ordered by a circuit court pursuant to a lawful plea agreement.
D. A collection or placement of a sample for DNA analysis that was taken or retained in good faith does not invalidate the sample's use in the data bank pursuant to the provisions of this article. The detention, arrest, or conviction of a person based upon a data bank match or data bank information is not invalidated if it is determined that the sample was obtained, placed, or retained in the data bank in good faith, or if the conviction or juvenile adjudication that resulted in the collection of the DNA sample was subsequently vacated or otherwise altered in any future proceeding, including but not limited to post-trial or post-fact-finding motions, appeals, or collateral attacks.
D E. The Virginia Department of Corrections and
the Department of Forensic Science shall, on a quarterly basis, compare
databases of offenders under the custody or supervision of the Department of
Corrections with the DNA data bank of the Department of Forensic Science. The
Virginia Department of Corrections shall require a DNA sample of those
offenders under its custody or supervision if they are not identified in the
DNA data bank.
E F. Each community-based probation services
agency established pursuant to § 9.1-174 shall determine by reviewing the Local
Inmate Data System upon intake and again prior to discharge whether a blood,
saliva, or tissue sample has been taken for DNA analysis for each offender
required to submit a sample pursuant to this section and, if no sample has been
taken, require an offender to submit a sample for DNA analysis.
F G. The sheriff or regional jailer shall
determine by reviewing the Local Inmate Data System upon intake and again prior
to release whether a blood, saliva, or tissue sample has been taken for DNA
analysis for each offender required to submit a sample pursuant to this section
and, if no sample has been taken, require an offender to submit a sample for
DNA analysis.