H.B. No. 2825
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2825 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2825 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2825 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor