HBA-NLM H.B. 138 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 138 By: McClendon Public Safety 4/8/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Texas law requires a sex offender convicted after September 1, 1995, to register with local law enforcement authorities within seven days of moving into a new neighborhood. Local law enforcement agencies are required to publish certain information in a newspaper of general circulation, including a brief description of the offense for which the sex offender is subject to registration. Also, the local law enforcement authority must provide notice to the superintendent of schools in the district in which the sex offender intends to reside. However, current law does not require any further action to be taken once the information is received by the superintendent. H.B. 138 requires the superintendent to release the information contained in the notice provided by the authority to appropriate school district personnel, including peace officers, security personnel, principals, nurses, and counselors. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Article 62.03 (e), Code of Criminal Procedure, to require the superintendent to release the information contained in the notice provided by the authority to appropriate school district personnel, including peace officers, security personnel, principals, nurses, and counselors. This provision pertains to the required notification by the local law enforcement authority regarding a person who is subject to registration as a sex offender under this chapter and whose victim is a child younger than 17 years of age. SECTION 2. Amends Article 62.04 (f), Code of Criminal Procedure, to require the superintendent to release the information contained in the notice provided by the authority to appropriate school district personnel, including peace officers, security personnel, principals, nurses, and counselors. This provision pertains to the required notification by the local law enforcement authority regarding a person who is subject to registration as a sex offender under this chapter and moves to another municipality or county in this state, and whose victim is a child younger than 17 years of age. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.