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                                  LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                               ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
                                       FIRST SESSION
                         LEGISLATIVE BILL 106
        Introduced by Dorn, 30.
        Read first time January 10, 2019
        Committee: Judiciary
  1     A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the DNA Identification Information Act; to
 2          amend section    29-4108,   Reissue Revised Statutes of    Nebraska;    to
 3          change provisions relating to   DNA   records;   and to    repeal the
 4          original section.
 5      Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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 1            Section 1. Section 29-4108, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, is
 2      amended to read:
 3            29-4108 (1) All DNA samples and DNA records submitted to the State
 4      DNA Sample Bank or the State DNA Data Base are confidential except as
 5      otherwise provided in   the DNA     Identification Information Act.     The
 6      Nebraska State Patrol shall make DNA records in the State DNA Data Base
 7      available:
 8            (a) To law enforcement agencies and forensic DNA laboratories which
 9      serve such agencies and which participate in the Combined DNA Index
10      System; and
11            (b) Upon written or electronic request and in furtherance of an
12      official investigation of a criminal offense or offender or suspected
13      offender.
14            (2) The Nebraska State Patrol shall adopt and promulgate rules and
15      regulations governing the methods of obtaining information from the State
16      DNA Data Base and the Combined DNA Index System and procedures for
17      verification of the identity and authority of the requester.
18            (3) The Nebraska State Patrol may, for good cause shown, revoke or
19      suspend the right of a forensic DNA laboratory in this state to have
20      access to or submit records to the State DNA Data Base.
21            (4) For purposes of this subsection, person means a law enforcement
22      agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, any forensic DNA laboratory,
23      or person. No records or DNA samples shall be provided to any person
24      unless such person enters into a written agreement with the Nebraska
25      State Patrol to comply with the provisions of section 29-4109 relative to
26      expungement, when notified by the Nebraska State Patrol that expungement
27      has been granted.    Every person shall comply with the provisions of
28      section 29-4109 within ten calendar days of receipt of such notice and
29      certify in writing to the Nebraska State Patrol that such compliance has
30      been effectuated. The Nebraska State Patrol shall provide notice of such
31      certification to the person who was granted expungement.
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  1         Sec.   2.   Original section    29-4108,   Reissue Revised Statutes of
  2     Nebraska, is repealed.
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Statutes affected: Introduced: 29-4108