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78R177 KEL-D

By:  Wise                                                         H.B. No. 55 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to sex offender registration requirements imposed on 
certain workers or students at institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 62.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subdivisions (8) and (9) to read as follows:
		(8)  "Public or private institution of higher 
education" includes a college, university, community college, or 
technical or trade institute.
		(9)  "Authority for campus security" means the 
authority with primary law enforcement jurisdiction over property 
under the control of a public or private institution of higher 
education, other than a local law enforcement authority.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 62.063 to read as follows:
	Art. 62.063.  REGISTRATION OF WORKERS OR STUDENTS AT 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  Not later than the seventh 
day after the date on which the person begins to work or attend 
school, a person required to register under Article 62.061, as 
added by Chapters 1193 and 1415, Acts of the 76th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1999, or any other provision of this chapter who is 
employed, carries on a vocation, or is a student at a public or 
private institution of higher education in this state shall report 
that fact to:
		(1)  the authority for campus security for that 
institution;  or     
		(2)  if an authority for campus security for that 
institution does not exist, the local law enforcement authority of:
			(A)  the municipality in which the institution is 
located;  or      
			(B)  the county in which the institution is 
located, if the institution is not located in a municipality.
	(b)  A person described by Subsection (a) shall provide the 
authority for campus security or the local law enforcement 
authority with all information the person is required to provide 
under Article 62.02(b).
	(c)  A person described by Subsection (a) shall notify the 
authority for campus security or the local law enforcement 
authority not later than the seventh day after the date of 
termination of the person's status as a worker or student at the 
institution.
	(d)  Subsection (a)(2) does not require a person to register 
at a local law enforcement authority if the person is otherwise 
required by this chapter to register at that authority.
	(e)  This article does not impose the requirements of public 
notification or notification to schools on:
		(1)  an authority for campus security;  or                             
		(2)  a local law enforcement authority, if those 
requirements relate to a person about whom the authority is not 
otherwise required by this chapter to make notifications.
	(f)  Notwithstanding Article 62.062, the requirements of 
this article supersede those of Article 62.062 for a person 
required to register under both this article and Article 62.062.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
person subject to registration under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, for an offense or conduct that was committed before, on, 
or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.