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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 certain state officials request and |
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receive notice of the residence of certain sex offenders. |
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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 62.0052 to read as follows: |
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Art. 62.0052. ELECTRONIC MAIL REPORT SERVICE FOR STATE |
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LEGISLATORS. (a) The department shall maintain an electronic mail |
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report service to which a member of the house of representatives or |
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the senate of this state may electronically subscribe. |
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(b) The electronic mail report service maintained under |
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Subsection (a) must: |
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(1) allow a subscribing representative or senator to |
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request for each zip code any portion of which is located in the |
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representative's or senator's district 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 expects |
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to reside or resides in that zip code and is required to register |
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under this chapter; and |
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(2) not less frequently than monthly, deliver to the |
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subscribing representative or senator a report containing the |
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information described by Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The department must include any public information |
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described by Article 62.005 in an electronic mail report sent to a |
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subscribing representative or senator. |
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SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall have the |
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electronic mail report service required to be maintained under |
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Article 62.0052, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, |
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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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2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |