Operations and Budget

(a)The Guam Police Department

(GPD)shall determine the optimum operational requirements for administration of the program authorized by this Article. Such options that GPD may consider include, but not necessarily be limited to:

(1)procuring the services of a laboratory(ies) to process DNA samples; or third-party

(2)procuring the equipment and hiring the personnel necessary to process DNA samples at a GPD facility.

(b)Budgeting options that GPD may consider include, but not necessarily be limited to:

(1)federal grants;

(2)appropriations by I Liheslatura; and COL11/30/2021 CH. 120 JUDGMENT & SENTENCE

(3)to the extent possible under public law and/or Parole Board practices, fees assessed to parolees and/or registered sex offenders.

(c)Nothing herein is construed as to limit the authority of judges to require payment, by the defendant, for the cost of DNA testing as a condition of sentencing. ---------- COL11/30/2021