By: Whitmire S.B. No. 369
(In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2013; February 11, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain information available to the public on a
central database containing information about sex offenders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 62.005, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The information contained in the database, including
the numeric risk level assigned to a person under this chapter, is
public information, with the exception of any information:
(1) regarding the person's social security number or
driver's license number, or any home, work, or cellular telephone
number of the person;
(2) that is described by Article 62.051(c)(7) or
required by the department under Article 62.051(c)(8), including
any information regarding an employer's name, address, or telephone
number; or
(3) that would identify the victim of the offense for
which the person is subject to registration.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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