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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disclosure by a violent offender who operates an online |
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business; providing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Business & Commerce |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 35.64 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 35.64. DISCLOSURE BY VIOLENT OFFENDER OPERATING ONLINE |
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BUSINESS. (a) This section applies only to a person who: |
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(1) has been convicted of or received a grant of |
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deferred adjudication for an offense described by Section 3g, |
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Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
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(2) in connection with the conviction or grant of |
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deferred adjudication, was subsequently discharged, paroled, |
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placed in a nonsecure community program for juvenile offenders, or |
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placed on juvenile probatio |
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n, community supervision, or mandatory |
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supervision. |
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(b) A person described by Subsection (a) who operates an |
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Internet website in this state for the purpose of selling a good or |
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service shall include on the website, in a conspicuous size, the |
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following notice: |
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"THE OPERATOR OF THIS WEBSITE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF OR |
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RECEIVED A GRANT OF DEFERRED ADJUDICATION FOR AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED |
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BY SECTION 3g, ARTICLE 42.12, CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE." |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person is required to |
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make a disclosure under Subsection (b) and fails to make the |
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disclosure. |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |