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IN HB1067
Bill
Status
1/4/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Establishes the DNA exoneration fund administered by the attorney general to compensate individuals whose convictions are vacated based on DNA evidence.
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Provides compensation of $35,000 per year for each year of wrongful incarceration in the department of correction, calculated on a pro rata basis for partial years.
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Applies only to persons sentenced after June 30, 2017, whose convictions are vacated wholly or partly on DNA evidence and who are not retried or are retried and not convicted.
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Requires applicants to waive all other claims against the state for monetary damages based on the vacated conviction to receive compensation.
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Appropriates $350,000 to the DNA exoneration fund for the biennium beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2019, with the attorney general authorized to prorate compensation if fund balance is insufficient.
Legislative Description
Remedies for exonerated individuals. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $35,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund (fund). Appropriates $350,000 to the fund. Specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/4/2017