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     § 2302.  Policy.
        The General Assembly finds and declares that:
            (1)  DNA data banks are an important tool in criminal
        investigations, in the exclusion of individuals who are the
        subject of criminal investigations or prosecutions and in
        deterring and detecting recidivist acts.
            (2)  Several states have enacted laws requiring persons
        convicted of certain crimes, especially sex offenses, to
        provide genetic samples for DNA profiling.
            (3)  Moreover, it is the policy of the Commonwealth to
        assist Federal, State and local criminal justice and law
        enforcement agencies in the identification and detection of
        individuals in criminal investigations.
            (4)  It is therefore in the best interest of the
        Commonwealth to establish a DNA data base and a DNA data bank
        containing DNA samples submitted by individuals convicted of,
        adjudicated delinquent for or accepted into ARD for felony
        sex offenses and other specified offenses.

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