By Bailey                                             H.B. No. 2625
         77R8584 JD-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to public access to sex offender information and criminal
 1-3     history record information maintained by the Department of Public
 1-4     Safety.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 411.135(a), Government Code, is amended to
 1-7     read as follows:
 1-8           (a)  Any person is entitled to obtain from the department:
 1-9                 (1)  any information described as public information
1-10     under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, [as added by Chapter
1-11     668, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,]
1-12     including, to the extent available, a recent photograph of each
1-13     person subject to registration under that chapter and the person's
1-14     social security number; and
1-15                 (2)  criminal history record information maintained by
1-16     the department that relates to the conviction of or a grant of
1-17     deferred adjudication to a person for any criminal offense,
1-18     including arrest information that relates to the conviction or
1-19     grant of deferred adjudication, and the person's social security
1-20     number.
1-21           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.