(1) As used in this section:

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Terms Used In Utah Code 53-25-401

  • Law enforcement agency: means an entity or division of:
              (1)(e)(i)
                   (1)(e)(i)(A) the federal government, a state, or a political subdivision of a state;
                   (1)(e)(i)(B) a state institution of higher education; or
                   (1)(e)(i)(C) a private institution of higher education, if the entity or division is certified by the commissioner under Title 53, Chapter 19, Certification of Private Law Enforcement Agency; and
              (1)(e)(ii) that exists primarily to prevent and detect crime and enforce criminal laws, statutes, and ordinances. See Utah Code 53-1-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     (1)(a) “Commission” means the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201.
     (1)(b) “Genetic genealogy database utilization” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7.
     (1)(c) “Law enforcement agency” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-1-102.
     (1)(d) “Qualifying case” means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-10-403.7.
(2)

     (2)(a) Beginning on January 1, 2024, a law enforcement agency shall annually on or before April 30 submit a report to the commission with the following data for the previous calendar year:

          (2)(a)(i) the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by the law enforcement agency under Section 53-10-403.7; and
          (2)(a)(ii) for each utilization described in Subsection (2)(a)(i):

               (2)(a)(ii)(A) if applicable, the type of qualifying case;
               (2)(a)(ii)(B) for a criminal investigation, the alleged offense;
               (2)(a)(ii)(C) whether the case was a cold case, as that term is defined in Section 53-10-115, at the time of the request for the utilization; and
               (2)(a)(ii)(D) whether the results of the utilization revealed the identity of the owner of the DNA specimen.
     (2)(b) A law enforcement agency shall compile the report described in Subsection (2)(a) for each year in the standardized format developed by the commission under Subsection (4).
(3) If a genetic genealogy database utilization is requested by a multijurisdictional team of law enforcement officers, the reporting requirement in this section is the responsibility of the commanding agency or governing authority of the multijurisdictional team.
(4) The commission shall:

     (4)(a) develop a standardized format for reporting the data described in Subsection (2);
     (4)(b) compile the data submitted under Subsection (2), including the number of genetic genealogy database utilizations requested by each reporting law enforcement agency; and
     (4)(c) annually on or before August 1, publish a report of the data described in Subsection (2) on the commission’s website.
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