Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 146 amends provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Family Code, and the Government Code relating to procedural and registration requirements for certain sex offenders. The bill authorizes a political subdivision to collect from a sex offender any unpaid fees incurred by the local law enforcement authority in providing certain required newspaper notices, including any unpaid amount within a bill for utility service provided by the political subdivision. The bill requires a convicted sex offender to notify local law enforcement, within seven days, of any intent to change his or her name and requires any law enforcement officer supervising a sex offender who becomes aware of such a name change to report it to local law enforcement promptly. The bill requires that a petition to change the name of a child or an adult include whether that person is subject to sex offender registration and if so, proof that the appropriate local law enforcement authority has been notified of the proposed name change.