Penal Code - PEN
PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261 - 368.7]
( Heading of Title 9 amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1111, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 6. DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998 [295 - 300.4]
( Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 696, Sec. 2. ) ARTICLE 7. Construction and Severability [300 - 300.4]
( Article 7 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 696, Sec. 2. ) 300.
Nothing in this chapter shall limit or abrogate any existing authority of law enforcement officers to take, maintain, store, and utilize DNA or forensic identification markers, blood specimens, buccal swab samples, saliva samples, or thumb or palm print impressions for identification purposes.
(Amended November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 69, Sec. 12.)