Amend HB 2918 as follows:
      On page 3, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following and
renumber accordingly:
      "SECTION 6.  Section 3(e), Article 6252-13c.1, Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
      (e)  Not later than the eighth day after receiving a
registration form under Subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this
section, the local law enforcement authority shall verify the age
of the victim and the basis on which the person is subject to
registration under this article. If the victim is a child younger
then 17 years of age and the basis on which the person is subject
to registration is not an adjudication of delinquent conduct or a
deferred adjudication and is not a conviction for an offense under
Section 25.02, Penal Code, the authority shall immediately publish
notice in English and Spanish in the <at least one> newspaper of
greatest paid <general> circulation in the county in which the person
subject to registration intends to reside or, if there is no
newspaper of paid circulation in that county, in the newspaper of
greatest general circulation in the county. The authority shall
publish a duplicate notice in the newspaper, with any necessary
corrections, during the week immediately following the week of
initial publication. If the victim is a child younger than 17 years
of age, regardless of the basis on which the person is subject to
registration, the authority shall immediately provide notice to the
superintendent of public schools of the school district in which
the person subject to registration intends to reside by mail to the
district office.
      SECTION 7.  Section 4(f), Article 6252-13c.1, Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
      (f)  If the person moves to another municipality or county in
this state, the department shall inform the applicable local law
enforcement authority in the new area of the person's residence not
later than the third day after the date on which the department
receives information under Subsection (a) of this section. Not
later than the eighth day after the date on which the local law
enforcement authority is informed under Subsection (a) of this
section or under this subsection, the authority shall verify the
age of the victim and the basis on which the person is subject to
registration under this article. If the victim is a child younger
than 17 years of age and the basis of which the person is subject
to registration is not an adjudication of delinquent conduct or a
deferred adjudication and is not a conviction for an offense under
Section 25.02, Penal Code, the authority shall immediately publish
notice in English and Spanish in the <at least one> newspaper of
greatest paid <general> circulation in the county in which the person
subject to registration intends to reside or, if there is no
newspaper of paid circulation in the county, in the newspaper of
greatest general circulation in the county. The local law
enforcement authority shall publish a duplicate notice in the
newspaper, with any necessary corrections, during the week
immediately following the week of initial publication. If the
victim is a child younger than 17 years of age, regardless of the
basis on which the person is subject to registration, the authority
shall immediately provide notice to the superintendent of public
schools of the school district in which the person subject to
registration intends to reside by mail to the district office."