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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the sex offender risk assessment |
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review committee under this state's sex offender registration |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 62.007(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall |
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establish a risk assessment review committee composed of at least |
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seven members, each of whom serves on the review committee in |
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addition to the member's other employment-related duties. The |
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review committee, to the extent feasible, must include at least: |
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(1) one member having experience in law enforcement; |
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(2) one member having experience working with juvenile |
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sex offenders; |
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(3) one member having experience as a sex offender |
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treatment provider; |
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(4) one member having experience working with victims |
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of sex offenses; |
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(5) the executive director of the Council on Sex |
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Offender Treatment or the executive director's designee; and |
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(6) one sex offender treatment provider registered |
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under Chapter 110, Occupations Code, and selected by the executive |
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director of the Council on Sex Offender Treatment to serve on the |
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review committee. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |