California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS |
Title 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS |
Chapter 6. DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998 |
ARTICLE 7. Construction and Severability |
Section 300.2.
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Any requirement to provide saliva samples pursuant to this chapter shall be construed as a requirement to provide buccal swab samples as of the effective date of the act that added this section. However, the Department of Justice may retain and use previously collected saliva and other biological samples as part of its database and databank program and for quality control purposes in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
(Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 69, Sec. 14. See same-numbered section added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 696.)