HB 361 -- DNA PROFILING

SPONSOR:  Lipke

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Judiciary by a vote of 13 to 0.

This bill exempts traffic violation cases from the $15 surcharge
assessed as court costs and deposited into the DNA Profiling
Analysis Fund.  This fund pays for the collection and analysis of
DNA profiles of persons convicted of a felony or sex crime.
Currently, a $30 surcharge is assessed upon all felony
convictions and a $15 surcharge upon all misdemeanor convictions,
which includes traffic offenses.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill specifies that traffic
offenses are not subject to the $15 surcharge for DNA profiling.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Lipke; and Office of
State Courts Administrator.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Amy Woods, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm