Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.065 · Subchapter B. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH MISSING PERSONS DNA DATABASE
MISSING PERSONS DNA DATABASE FUND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The missing persons DNA database fund is a separate account in the general revenue fund.
(b) Notwithstanding Article 56B.453(a), the legislature may appropriate money in the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund to fund the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth missing persons DNA database. Legislative appropriations under this subsection shall be deposited to the credit of the account created under Subsection (a).
(c) Money in the account may be used only for purposes of developing and maintaining the DNA database as described by this section.
(d) The center may use money in the account only to:
(1) establish and maintain center infrastructure;
(2) pay the costs of DNA sample storage, forensic DNA analysis, and labor costs for cases of high-risk missing persons and unidentified human remains;
(3) reimburse counties for the purposes of pathology and exhumation as considered necessary by the center;
(4) publicize the DNA database for the purpose of contacting parents and other appropriate persons so that they may provide a DNA sample or a personal article for DNA sampling;
(5) educate law enforcement officers about the DNA database and DNA sampling; and
(6) provide outreach programs related to the purposes of this chapter.
(e) Section 403.095(b), Government Code, does not apply to the account established under Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 319 (S.B. 651), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 2.22, eff. January 1, 2021.
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