35 Pa. Stat. § 10172.6

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-127
Section 10172.6 - [See note] Report by Pennsylvania State Police.

In consultation with the department, PCAR and, as necessary with local law enforcement, the Pennsylvania State Police shall compile the following data and submit a report to the department by December 31, 2018, and annually thereafter:

(1) The volume of sexual assault evidence for which testing is completed.
(2) The volume of backlogged sexual assault evidence awaiting testing.
(3)[Repealed by 2019 Amendment.]
(4) The average turnaround time to complete testing and reasons for any delays in submission or testing of sexual assault evidence.
(5) A review of current practices, including interagency collaboration with law enforcement agencies and rape crisis centers, in rape kit evidence collection every two years.

35 P.S. § 10172.6

Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 29, § 3, eff. 8/27/2019.
Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 164, § 2, eff. 12/24/2018.
Section 6 of the 2024 amending legislation provides that the amendment to the second version of this section shall take effect as follows: (1) The amendment or addition of section 6 introductory paragraph and (8) of the act shall take effect in one year. (2) The addition of section 6(6) and (7) of the act shall take effect in 18 months.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.