Ch. 240

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Control and Prevention to establish application procedures and administer the
grants made from the Fund; requiring the Department of State Police and local
law enforcement agencies to provide certain information to the Executive
Director; requiring the Executive Director to consider certain criteria in
determining the amount of the grants made from the Fund; requiring the
Department of State Police and local law enforcement agencies to submit proof
of appropriate expenditure; altering the period of time during which the State
must preserve certain evidence; defining certain terms; making stylistic
changes; making conforming changes; providing for the application of this Act
expanding the definition of "law enforcement agency" to include certain
additional agencies; clarifying the definition of "biological evidence"; clarifying
the definition of "scientific identification evidence"; clarifying under what
circumstances a court may order DNA testing; requiring a court to make certain
orders to certain law enforcement agencies when it orders DNA testing;
authorizing a court to make certain orders regarding DNA testing when it orders
DNA testing; requiring a court to hold certain hearings regarding the disposition
of certain evidence under certain circumstances; authorizing appeals to be taken
from certain court decisions made pursuant to certain provisions of law;
requiring the collection of DNA samples from certain persons; identifying where
DNA samples shall be collected; requiring the Director of the State Police Crime
Laboratory to provide for liaison with certain criminal justice agencies relating
to the State's participation in certain DNA data bases; providing for the
admissibility of certain evidence; altering and repealing certain definitions;
repealing a certain termination date; and generally relating to DNA testing, the
DNA Technology Fund, and the preservation of scientific identification evidence
under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 465 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002
Section 4 and 5

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Procedure
Section 8-201(i)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Volume and 2002 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 465 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002)

BY renumbering

Article - Public Safety

Section 2-501(e), (f), (g), (i), and (i), respectively

to be Section 2-501(d), (c), (f), (h), and (i), respectively

Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter______(S.B. 1) of the Acts of the General Assembly of

2003)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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