VETOES
be allowed to be admitted into evidence. These bills would only
increase the potential for delay and abuse of the system.
The Department of Human Resources along with others involved in
paternity cases have pledged to work with the sponsors of these
bills to redraft the bills to eliminate this unintended and
undesirable technical defect.
For the above reasons, I have decided to veto House Bill 254.
Sincerely,
William Donald Schaefer
Governor
House Bill No. 254
AN ACT concerning
Paternity Proceedings - Blood Tests
FOR the purpose of allowing the results of certain blood tests to
be admissible in evidence without the presence of the
laboratory technician who made the report; providing for
certain notice requirements if the laboratory report is
admitted without the testimony of the technician; allowing
any party to petition for the technician to be present at
trial; and generally relating to the admission in evidence
of the results of a blood test in paternity proceedings.
FOR the purpose of making a copy of a laboratory report of
certain blood tests admissible in evidence without the
presence of the laboratory technician or analyst who made
the laboratory report of the blood test under certain
circumstances; providing for certain notice requirements if
an individual intends to introduce a laboratory report in
evidence without the testimony of the technician or analyst;
allowing any party to petition for require the technician or
analyst to be present at trial by providing a certain notice
at a certain time before trial; providing that if certain
notice is given, the laboratory report is not admissible
without the presence and testimony, subject to
cross-examination, of the technician or analyst; and
generally relating to the admission in evidence of the
results of a laboratory report of a blood test in paternity
proceedings.
BY renumbering
Article - Family Law
Section 5-1029(f) and (g), respectively
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