81R86 KCR-D
By: Laubenberg H.B. No. 1224
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of general-law municipalities to restrict
where sex offenders may live in the municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 214, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 214.907 to read as follows:
Sec. 214.907. LIMITATIONS ON RESIDENCE OF REGISTERED SEX
OFFENDERS. (a) To provide for the public safety, the governing
body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may restrict in the
municipality the proximity of the residence of an individual who is
required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of
Criminal Procedure, to the location of a premises where children
commonly gather.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Premises where children commonly gather"
includes a school, day-care facility, playground, public or private
youth center, public swimming pool, or video arcade facility.
(2) "Playground," "premises," "school," "video arcade
facility," and "youth center" have the meanings assigned by Section
481.134, Health and Safety Code.
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, 2009.