| 1 | 1 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 1323 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 13, 2013, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 25, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; April 25, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex |
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| 11 | 11 | | offender registration authority. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Article 62.0045, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Art. 62.0045. CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a) The commissioners court of [in] a county [with a population of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 100,000 or more] may designate the office of the sheriff of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | county or may, through interlocal agreement, designate the office |
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| 19 | 19 | | of a chief of police of a municipality in that county to serve as a |
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| 20 | 20 | | mandatory countywide registration location for persons subject to |
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| 21 | 21 | | this chapter. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a |
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| 23 | 23 | | person [who is] subject to this chapter is required to perform the |
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| 24 | 24 | | registration and verification requirements of Articles [shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | register under Article] 62.051 and [or verify registration under |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article] 62.058 and the change of address requirements of Article |
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| 27 | 27 | | 62.055 only with respect to the centralized registration authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | for the county, regardless of whether the person resides in any |
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| 29 | 29 | | municipality located in that county. If the person resides in a |
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| 30 | 30 | | municipality, and the local law enforcement authority in the |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipality does not serve as the person's centralized |
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| 32 | 32 | | registration authority, the centralized registration authority, |
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| 33 | 33 | | not later than the third day after the date the person registers or |
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| 34 | 34 | | verifies registration or changes address with that authority, shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | provide to the local law enforcement authority in that municipality |
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| 36 | 36 | | notice of the person's registration, [or] verification of |
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| 37 | 37 | | registration, or change of address, as applicable, with the |
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| 38 | 38 | | centralized registration authority. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (c) This section does not affect a person's duty to register |
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| 40 | 40 | | with secondary sex offender registries under this chapter, such as |
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| 41 | 41 | | those described by Articles 62.059 and 62.153. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 43 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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| 47 | 47 | | * * * * * |
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