By Staples                                             S.B. No. 654
         77R4499 KEL-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain licensing information required for registration
 1-3     as a sex offender.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 62.02(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The department shall provide the Texas Department of
 1-8     Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile
 1-9     Probation Commission, and each local law enforcement authority,
1-10     county jail, and court with a form for registering persons required
1-11     by this chapter to register.  The registration form shall require:
1-12                 (1)  the person's full name, each alias, date of birth,
1-13     sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, social security
1-14     number, driver's license number, shoe size, and home address;
1-15                 (2)  a photograph of the person and a complete set of
1-16     the person's fingerprints;
1-17                 (3)  the type of offense the person was convicted of,
1-18     the age of the victim, the date of conviction, and the punishment
1-19     received;
1-20                 (4)  an indication as to whether the person is
1-21     discharged, paroled, or released on juvenile probation, community
1-22     supervision, or mandatory supervision; [and]
1-23                 (5)  an indication of each license, as defined by
1-24     Article 62.08(f), that is held or sought by the person; and
 2-1                 (6)  any other information required by the department.
 2-2           SECTION 2. Article 62.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 2-3     amended by amending Subsections (b), (d), and (e) and adding
 2-4     Subsection (f) to read as follows:
 2-5           (b)  The information contained in the database is public
 2-6     information, with the exception of any information:
 2-7                 (1)  regarding the person's social security number,
 2-8     driver's license number, or telephone number;
 2-9                 (2)  that is required by the department under Article
2-10     62.02(b)(6) [62.02(b)(5)]; or
2-11                 (3)  that would identify the victim of the offense for
2-12     which the person is subject to registration.
2-13           (d)  The department shall provide a licensing authority with
2-14     notice of any person required to register under this chapter who
2-15     holds or seeks a license that is issued by the authority.  The
2-16     department shall provide the notice required by this subsection as
2-17     the applicable licensing information becomes available through the
2-18     person's registration or verification of registration.
2-19           (e)  On the written request of a licensing authority that
2-20     identifies an individual and states that the individual is an
2-21     applicant for or a holder of a license issued by the authority, the
2-22     department shall release any information described by Subsection
2-23     (a) to the licensing authority.
2-24           (f) [(e)]  For the purposes of Subsections [Subsection] (d)
2-25     and (e):
2-26                 (1)  "License" means a license, certificate,
2-27     registration, permit, or other authorization that:
 3-1                       (A)  is issued by a licensing authority; and
 3-2                       (B)  a person must obtain to practice or engage
 3-3     in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
 3-4                 (2)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
 3-5     commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or a
 3-6     political subdivision of the state that issues a license.
 3-7           SECTION 3.  The requirement under Article 62.02(b), Code of
 3-8     Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, that a registration
 3-9     form for a sex offender contain information about certain licenses
3-10     held or sought by the offender applies to the initial registration
3-11     form for an offender who first registers on or after the effective
3-12     date of this Act.  For an offender who first registers before the
3-13     effective date of this Act, the requirement applies to the
3-14     registration form as modified when the offender first verifies
3-15     registration on or after the effective date.  Regardless of the
3-16     date of a sex offender's initial registration, all registration
3-17     forms modified on verification of registration on or after the
3-18     effective date of this Act must contain the licensing information.
3-19           SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.