By Armbrister                                         S.B. No. 1380
         77R8140 GWK-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the duration of the duty to register as a sex offender
 1-3     for persons convicted of or adjudicated for certain offenses.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 62.12(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The duty to register for a person ends when the person
 1-8     dies if the person has [with] a reportable conviction or
 1-9     adjudication for:
1-10                 (1)  a sexually violent offense;
1-11                 (2)  [or for] an offense under Section 25.02,
1-12     43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code;
1-13                 (3)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,
1-14     if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the
1-15     offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives
1-16     or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication for
1-17     an offense or conduct that requires registration under this
1-18     chapter; or
1-19                 (4)  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
1-20     Penal Code, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit
1-21     one of those offenses, if:
1-22                       (A)  the judgment in the case contains an
1-23     affirmative finding under Article 42.015, or for an adjudication of
1-24     delinquent conduct, the papers in the case contain an affirmative
 2-1     finding that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17
 2-2     years of age; and
 2-3                       (B)  before or after the person is convicted or
 2-4     adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
 2-5     Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable
 2-6     conviction or adjudication for an offense or conduct that requires
 2-7     registration under this chapter [, ends when the person dies].
 2-8           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
 2-9     defendant with a reportable conviction or adjudication for an
2-10     offense or conduct under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, that was
2-11     committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act, and
2-12     a defendant with a reportable conviction or adjudication for an
2-13     offense or conduct under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04, Penal
2-14     Code, that was committed on or after September 1, 1999.
2-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.