Bill Text: TX HB530 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of local law enforcement authority for purposes of the sex offender registration program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB530-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 530 | ||
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| relating to the definition of local law enforcement authority for | ||
| purposes of the sex offender registration program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 62.001(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (2) "Local law enforcement authority" means, as | ||
| applicable, the office of the chief of police of a municipality, the | ||
| office of the sheriff of a county in this state, or a centralized | ||
| registration authority. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 530 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 530 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
