Act No. 7193 — An Act amending title 5 V.I.C., adding chapter 345 to establish the Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank ---0---
yeto= L ACT NO. v4 iI 9 3 AUG 20 2010 BILL NO. 28-0149 GOVERNOR TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2010 An Act amending title 5 V.I.C., adding chapter 345 to establish the Virgin Islands DNA Database and Databank ---0--- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: SECTION 1. Title 5 Virgin Islands Code is amended by adding chapter 345 to read as follows: “Chapter 345 §4201. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the following meanings: @ “CODIS” or “Combined DNA Index System" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation's combined DNA identification Index System, which includes the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by the Virgin Islands, states and local forensic DNA laboratories or by federal and state criminal justice and law enforcement agencies. (b) “Conviction” includes a conviction by a jury or a court, a guilty plea, a plea of nolo contendere, or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity or mental disease or defect. …
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