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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the manner in which notice of the residence of certain |
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sex offenders is requested and sent. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Article 62.0051 to read as follows: |
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Art. 62.0051. ELECTRONIC MAIL NOTIFICATION SERVICE. (a) |
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The department shall maintain an electronic mail notification |
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service to which any person in this state may electronically |
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subscribe. |
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(b) The electronic mail notification service maintained |
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under Subsection (a) must: |
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(1) allow a subscriber to request for a zip code |
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notification of: |
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(A) the release from a penal institution or |
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placement on deferred adjudication community supervision, |
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community supervision, or juvenile probation of a person who |
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expects to reside or resides in that zip code and is required to |
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register under this chapter; and |
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(B) any change in address of a person who resides |
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in that zip code and is required to register under this chapter; and |
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(2) respond to a subscriber via electronic mail not |
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later than the third business day after the date the department |
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receives notice of an event described by Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The department may include in an electronic mail |
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notification sent to a subscriber any public information described |
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by Article 62.005. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.017 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.017. NOTICE OF SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCE. Each |
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superintendent of a school district or the superintendent's |
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designee shall subscribe to the electronic mail notification |
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service maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Article |
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62.0051, Code of Criminal Procedure, for each zip code any portion |
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of which is located in the district. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall have |
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the electronic mail notification service required to be maintained |
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under Article 62.0051, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this |
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Act, fully functional and able to receive subscription requests and |
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respond appropriately to those requests not later than January 1, |
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2008. |
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(b) Each superintendent of a school district in this state |
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or the superintendent's designee shall comply with Section 38.017, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as possible after the |
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electronic mail notification service required to be maintained |
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under Article 62.0051, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this |
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Act, is fully functional and able to receive subscription requests |
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and in no event later than the first day of the 2008-2009 school |
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year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |