1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to information a person required to register as a sex
1-3 offender must report to a local law enforcement authority.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Article 62.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) A [If a] person subject to registration under this
1-8 chapter [required to register is not supervised by an officer
1-9 listed in Subsection (a), the person] shall report to the local law
1-10 enforcement authority any change in the person's physical health or
1-11 job status not later than the seventh day after the date of the
1-12 change. For purposes of this subsection, a person's job status
1-13 changes if the person leaves employment for any reason, remains
1-14 employed by an employer but changes the location at which the
1-15 person works, or begins employment with a new employer. For
1-16 purposes of this subsection, a person's health status changes if
1-17 the person is hospitalized as a result of an illness.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the House on March
15, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 121 was passed by the Senate on April
18, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor