1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1380
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
1-4 March 26, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
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 the duration of the duty to register as a sex offender
1-9 for persons convicted of or adjudicated for certain offenses.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 62.12, Code of Criminal
1-12 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The duty to register for a person ends when the person
1-14 dies if the person has [with] a reportable conviction or
1-15 adjudication for:
1-16 (1) a sexually violent offense;
1-17 (2) [or for] an offense under Section 25.02,
1-18 43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code;
1-19 (3) an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,
1-20 if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the
1-21 offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives
1-22 or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication for
1-23 an offense or conduct that requires registration under this
1-24 chapter; or
1-25 (4) an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
1-26 Penal Code, or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit
1-27 one of those offenses, if:
1-28 (A) the judgment in the case contains an
1-29 affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for an adjudication of
1-30 delinquent conduct, the papers in the case contain an affirmative
1-31 finding that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17
1-32 years of age; and
1-33 (B) before or after the person is convicted or
1-34 adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,
1-35 Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable
1-36 conviction or adjudication for an offense or conduct that requires
1-37 registration under this chapter[, ends when the person dies].
1-38 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
1-39 defendant with a reportable conviction or adjudication for an
1-40 offense or conduct under Subdivision (2), Subsection (a), Section
1-41 21.11, Penal Code, that was committed before, on, or after the
1-42 effective date of this Act and to a defendant with a reportable
1-43 conviction or adjudication for an offense or conduct under Section
1-44 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04, Penal Code, that was committed on or after
1-45 September 1, 1999.
1-46 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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