New Jersey § 52:17b-245
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§ 52:17b-245.
a. The Attorney General, in consultation with the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual
Assault, shall develop a survey concerning the sexual assault examination kits in
the possession of law enforcement agencies in this State that have not been submitted
to a laboratory approved by the Attorney General for serology or deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) testing. The survey shall be distributed to and completed by every law enforcement agency
in the State which is responsible for the collection, storage, and maintenance of
sexual assault examination kits. b. The survey shall include, but not be limited to, questions designed to elicit responsive
information concerning: agency policies and procedures governing the submission of
sexual assault examination kits to an approved forensic laboratory for testing, including
specific submission criteria, timelines, and victim notifications; agency policies
and procedures for logging, tracking, and storing sexual assault examination kits;
descriptive, statistical, and other relevant information about the sexual assault
examination kits currently in the agency's possession; and any other information
the Attorney General deems appropriate. c. The Attorney General shall distribute the survey developed pursuant to this section
to all law enforcement agencies in this State, which shall submit responses in a timely
manner. d. The Attorney General shall prepare a report summarizing the information contained
in the responses to the survey, provided, however, that the report shall not contain
any personal or identifying information about any victim. The Attorney General shall submit the report to the Governor and, pursuant to section
2 of P.L.1991, c. 164 ( C.52:14-19.1 ), to the Legislature.
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