Ch. 3

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

reports of specific motor vehicle accidents may be made available upon request to the
public; and the fee for conducting a document search is $2 and the moneys received
therefrom shall be used by the Department to be applied to the cost of providing this
service.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to reflect the status of the head of the Department of
State Police as the Secretary of a principal department of State government in
light of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994.

12A.

(a)     (3) "Crime laboratory" means the [Maryland State Police] Crime
Laboratory Division OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE.

(4) "Director" means the Director of the [Maryland State Police] Crime
Laboratory or the Director's designee.

(6) "DNA record" means DNA information stored in the Statewide DNA
data base system of the [Maryland] DEPARTMENT OF State Police or CODIS and
includes that information commonly referred to as a DNA profile.

(9) "Statewide DNA data base system" means the DNA record system
administered by the [Maryland] DEPARTMENT OF State Police for identification
purposes.

[(11)"Superintendent" means the Superintendent of the Maryland State
Police.]

(b)     (3) The Director shall:

(ii) Consult with the [Superintendent] SECRETARY on the adoption
of appropriate regulations concerning system protocols and operations;

(4) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY, after consultation with the
director, shall adopt appropriate regulations concerning system protocols and operation.

(c)     Pursuant to regulations adopted by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY after
consultation with the Director under this section, a person convicted of a qualifying crime
of violence shall:

(1)     Have a DNA sample collected upon intake to any prison or detention
facility; or

(2)     If not sentenced to a term of imprisonment, be ordered by the court to
provide an DNA sample as a condition of sentence.

(g) Pursuant to regulations adopted by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY, after
consultation with the Director:

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