If an order is issued requiring a DNA analysis be paid on behalf of a petitioner pursuant to this part, then the payment shall be made from funding provided for indigent defendants' counsel as set forth within the annual appropriations act. The payment shall be made only after receipt by the administrative director of the courts of a certified copy of the order and only upon receipt of a bill from the laboratory that conducted the analysis. The bill shall set forth the name of the petitioner, the date the analysis was performed, the amount of the bill, and the name and address of the laboratory to which payment is to be made.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 30 - Post-Conviction Procedure
Part 3 - Post-Conviction Dna Analysis Act of 2001
§ 40-30-302. “Dna Analysis” Defined
§ 40-30-303. Petition Requesting Analysis
§ 40-30-306. Payment for Analysis
§ 40-30-307. Appointment of Counsel for Indigents
§ 40-30-308. Court Order for Production of Laboratory Reports, Underlying Data and Notes
§ 40-30-309. Preservation of Evidence During Pendency of Proceeding — Sanctions
§ 40-30-310. Laboratory Standards
§ 40-30-311. Orders in Discretion of Court
§ 40-30-312. Analysis Results — Dismissal of Petition — Order for Hearing