(730 ILCS 5/5-4-3a)
Sec. 5-4-3a. DNA testing backlog accountability.
(a) On or before August 1 of each year, the Department of State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly the following information:
(1) the extent of the backlog of cases awaiting
testing or awaiting DNA analysis by that Department, including but not limited to those tests conducted under Section 5-4-3, as of June 30 of the previous fiscal year, with the backlog being defined as all cases awaiting forensic testing whether in the physical custody of the State Police or in the physical custody of local law enforcement, provided that the State Police have written notice of any evidence in the physical custody of local law enforcement prior to June 1 of that year; and
(2) what measures have been and are being taken to
reduce that backlog and the estimated costs or expenditures in doing so.
(b) The information reported under this Section shall be made available to the public, at the time it is reported, on the official web site of the Department of State Police.
(Source: P.A. 93-785, eff. 7-21-04; 94-761, eff. 5-12-06; 94-1018, eff. 1-1-07.)
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