1-1 By: West (Senate Sponsor - Staples) H.B. No. 121
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 19, 2001;
1-3 March 20, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Criminal Justice; April 3, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to information a person required to register as a sex
1-9 offender must report to a local law enforcement authority.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Article 62.05(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) A [If a] person subject to registration under this
1-14 chapter [required to register is not supervised by an officer
1-15 listed in Subsection (a), the person] shall report to the local law
1-16 enforcement authority any change in the person's physical health or
1-17 job status not later than the seventh day after the date of the
1-18 change. For purposes of this subsection, a person's job status
1-19 changes if the person leaves employment for any reason, remains
1-20 employed by an employer but changes the location at which the
1-21 person works, or begins employment with a new employer. For
1-22 purposes of this subsection, a person's health status changes if
1-23 the person is hospitalized as a result of an illness.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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