1-1     By:  Staples                                           S.B. No. 654
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2001; February 13, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     March 26, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 26, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to certain licensing information required for registration
 1-9     as a sex offender.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Article 62.02, Code of Criminal
1-12     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-13           (b)  The department shall provide the Texas Department of
1-14     Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile
1-15     Probation Commission, and each local law enforcement authority,
1-16     county jail, and court with a form for registering persons required
1-17     by this chapter to register.  The registration form shall require:
1-18                 (1)  the person's full name, each alias, date of birth,
1-19     sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, social security
1-20     number, driver's license number, shoe size, and home address;
1-21                 (2)  a photograph of the person and a complete set of
1-22     the person's fingerprints;
1-23                 (3)  the type of offense the person was convicted of,
1-24     the age of the victim, the date of conviction, and the punishment
1-25     received;
1-26                 (4)  an indication as to whether the person is
1-27     discharged, paroled, or released on juvenile probation, community
1-28     supervision, or mandatory supervision; [and]
1-29                 (5)  an indication of each license, as defined by
1-30     Article 62.08(f), that is held or sought by the person; and
1-31                 (6)  any other information required by the department.
1-32           SECTION 2.  Article 62.08, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-33     amended by amending Subsections (b), (d), and (e) and adding
1-34     Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-35           (b)  The information contained in the database is public
1-36     information, with the exception of any information:
1-37                 (1)  regarding the person's social security number,
1-38     driver's license number, or telephone number;
1-39                 (2)  that is required by the department under Article
1-40     62.02(b)(6) [62.02(b)(5)]; or
1-41                 (3)  that would identify the victim of the offense for
1-42     which the person is subject to registration.
1-43           (d)  The department shall provide a licensing authority with
1-44     notice of any person required to register under this chapter who
1-45     holds or seeks a license that is issued by the authority.  The
1-46     department shall provide the notice required by this subsection as
1-47     the applicable licensing information becomes available through the
1-48     person's registration or verification of registration.
1-49           (e)  On the written request of a licensing authority that
1-50     identifies an individual and states that the individual is an
1-51     applicant for or a holder of a license issued by the authority, the
1-52     department shall release any information described by Subsection
1-53     (a) to the licensing authority.
1-54           (f) [(e)]  For the purposes of Subsections [Subsection] (d)
1-55     and (e):
1-56                 (1)  "License" means a license, certificate,
1-57     registration, permit, or other authorization that:
1-58                       (A)  is issued by a licensing authority; and
1-59                       (B)  a person must obtain to practice or engage
1-60     in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
1-61                 (2)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
1-62     commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or a
1-63     political subdivision of the state that issues a license.
1-64           SECTION 3.  The requirement under Subsection (b), Article
 2-1     62.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, that a
 2-2     registration form for a sex offender contain information about
 2-3     certain licenses held or sought by the offender applies to the
 2-4     initial registration form for an offender who first registers on or
 2-5     after the effective date of this Act.  For an offender who first
 2-6     registers before the effective date of this Act, the requirement
 2-7     applies to the registration form as modified when the offender
 2-8     first verifies registration on or after the effective date.
 2-9     Regardless of the date of a sex offender's initial registration,
2-10     all registration forms modified on verification of registration on
2-11     or after the effective date of this Act must contain the licensing
2-12     information.
2-13           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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