By Allen H.B. No. 662 77R1927 KEL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to Internet access to certain public information regarding 1-3 juvenile sex offenders. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 62.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) Notwithstanding the status of a photograph as public 1-8 information under Subsection (b), a person who is subject to 1-9 registration under this chapter may petition the district court in 1-10 the county where the person resides for an order prohibiting 1-11 Internet access to the person's photograph if the person is: 1-12 (1) younger than 18 years of age at the time the 1-13 petition is filed; and 1-14 (2) subject to registration only as a result of a 1-15 single, reportable adjudication of delinquent conduct based on a 1-16 violation of an offense other than a sexually violent offense. 1-17 (g) After a hearing on the petition described by Subsection 1-18 (f), the court may issue an order prohibiting Internet access to 1-19 the person's photograph if it appears by a preponderance of the 1-20 evidence, as presented by a registered sex offender treatment 1-21 provider and by a representative from a juvenile probation office, 1-22 from an agency or entity operating under contract with a juvenile 1-23 probation office, or from the Texas Youth Commission, as 1-24 appropriate, that the prohibition does not threaten public safety. 2-1 An order prohibiting Internet access under this article does not 2-2 expire, but the court shall withdraw the order if after the order 2-3 is issued the person receives a reportable conviction or 2-4 adjudication under this chapter. 2-5 SECTION 2. This Act applies to juvenile offenders adjudicated 2-6 as having engaged in delinquent conduct before, on, or after the 2-7 effective date of this Act, regardless of when the conduct 2-8 occurred. 2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-10 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-11 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-12 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-13 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.