H674 - Require DNA Various Convict'ns/Other Matters. (SL 2022-50)

Overview: S.L. 2022-50 does the following:

• Adds additional offenses to the list of offenses requiring submission of a DNA sample after a conviction or a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity. This section becomes effective December 1, 2022, and applies to convictions or findings of not guilty by reason of insanity on or after that date.
• Clarifies that medical facilities and medical professionals cannot bill sexual assault victims for forensic medical examinations and updates certain definitions. This section becomes effective October 1, 2022, and applies to forensic medical examinations completed on or after that date.
• Authorizes a county board of commissioners to designate the county finance officer or the county manager to refund the deed stamp tax.
• Requires that the register of deeds maintains a separately kept backup storage system, that is restorable from any point, for the purposes of disaster recovery, for the index of registered instruments that the register of deeds is required to maintain.

Except as otherwise provided, this act became effective July 7, 2022.