By: Shelton (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 530

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the definition of local law enforcement authority for purposes of the sex offender registration program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 62.001(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(2) "Local law enforcement authority" means, as applicable, the office of the chief of police of a municipality, the office of the sheriff of a county in this state, or a centralized registration authority.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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