Bill Text: TX SB1323 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1323 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1323-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Seliger S.B. No. 1323
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 13, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 25, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; April 25, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex
offender registration authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 62.0045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 62.0045. CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY.
(a) The commissioners court of [in] a county [with a population of
100,000 or more] may designate the office of the sheriff of the
county or may, through interlocal agreement, designate the office
of a chief of police of a municipality in that county to serve as a
mandatory countywide registration location for persons subject to
this chapter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
person [who is] subject to this chapter is required to perform the
registration and verification requirements of Articles [shall
register under Article] 62.051 and [or verify registration under
Article] 62.058 and the change of address requirements of Article
62.055 only with respect to the centralized registration authority
for the county, regardless of whether the person resides in any
municipality located in that county. If the person resides in a
municipality, and the local law enforcement authority in the
municipality does not serve as the person's centralized
registration authority, the centralized registration authority,
not later than the third day after the date the person registers or
verifies registration or changes address with that authority, shall
provide to the local law enforcement authority in that municipality
notice of the person's registration, [or] verification of
registration, or change of address, as applicable, with the
centralized registration authority.
(c) This section does not affect a person's duty to register
with secondary sex offender registries under this chapter, such as
those described by Articles 62.059 and 62.153.
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, 2013.
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