TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB2048 by Williams (Relating to the establishment of a centralized sex offender registration authority in certain counties in this state.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize in a county with a population of 100,000 or more that the commissioners court may designate the sheriff's office, or through an interlocal agreement the office of a chief of a municipal police department within the county, to serve as a mandatory countywide registration location for persons required to register as a sex offender.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | JOB, ESi, DB
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