By Hill H.B. No. 181
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the registration of certain persons convicted of
1-3 obscenity offenses under the sexual offenders registration program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1(5), Article 6252-13c.1, Revised
1-6 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means:
1-8 (A) a conviction for violation of Section 21.11
1-9 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021
1-10 (Aggravated sexual assault), <or> 25.02 (Incest), Penal Code;
1-11 (B) a conviction for violation of Section 43.25
1-12 (Sexual performance by a child) or 43.26 (Possession or promotion
1-13 of child pornography), Penal Code;
1-14 (C) the fourth conviction for a violation of
1-15 Section 21.08 (Indecent exposure), Penal Code; <or>
1-16 (D) <(C)> an adjudication of delinquent conduct
1-17 based on a violation of one of the offenses listed in Paragraph (A)
1-18 or (B) of this subdivision or for which four violations of the
1-19 offenses listed in Paragraph (C) <(B)> of this subdivision are
1-20 shown; or
1-21 (E) a deferred adjudication for an offense
1-22 listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 3(b), Article 6252-13c.1, Revised
1-24 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-1 (b) If a person who is subject to registration under this
2-2 article receives an order deferring adjudication, probation, or
2-3 only a fine, the court pronouncing the order or sentence shall
2-4 conduct the prerelease notification specified in Subsection (a) of
2-5 this section on the day of entering the order or sentencing.
2-6 SECTION 3. Section 8(a), Article 6252-13c.1, Revised
2-7 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-8 (a) This article applies only to a reportable conviction or
2-9 adjudication:
2-10 (1) occurring on or after:
2-11 (A) September 1, 1991, if the conviction is for
2-12 or the adjudication is based on an offense listed in Section
2-13 1(5)(A) or (C) of this article; or
2-14 (B) September 1, 1993, if the conviction is for
2-15 or the adjudication is based on an offense listed in Section
2-16 1(5)(B) of this article; or
2-17 (2) for which an order of deferred adjudication is
2-18 entered by the court on or after September 1, 1993.
2-19 SECTION 4. Section 9, Article 6252-13c.1, Revised Statutes,
2-20 is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
2-21 (c) The duty to register for a person with a reportable
2-22 conviction or adjudication based on an order of deferred
2-23 adjudication under Section 1(5)(E) of this Act ends on the date:
2-24 (1) the court dismisses the criminal proceedings
2-25 against the person and discharges the person; or
2-26 (2) the person discharges parole or probation, if the
2-27 court proceeds to final adjudication in the case.
3-1 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-7 passage, and it is so enacted.