TITLE: Relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

SUMMARY: Relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the DNA database at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 63.0515 to read as follows: Art. 63.0515. CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY. For purposes of this subchapter, the center is a criminal justice agency that performs forensic DNA analyses on evidence, including evidence related to a case involving unidentified human remains or a high-risk missing person. The center shall comply with 42 U.S.C. Section 14132. SECTION 2. Article 63.052(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (b) The [sole purpose of the] database may be used [is] to identify unidentified human remains and high-risk missing persons. SECTION 3. Article 63.052(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is repealed. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.