Senate Bill sb2524

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 2524

    By Senator Dyer





    14-1598-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to identification of human

  3         remains; amending s. 470.0355, F.S.; requiring

  4         those in charge of final disposition of dead

  5         human remains to take specimens for DNA

  6         analysis; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section

11  470.0355, Florida Statutes, to read:

12         470.0355  Identification of human remains.--

13         (4)  A licensee or registrant under this chapter in

14  charge of the final disposition of dead human remains shall,

15  before final disposition of the human remains, take two

16  biological specimens from the deceased for DNA analysis as

17  defined in s. 760.40. One DNA sample shall be retained by the

18  licensee or registrant and one DNA sample shall be given to

19  the next of kin or legal representative of the deceased.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Requires those in charge of the final disposition of dead
      human remains to take specimens for DNA analysis.
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