82R10840 KCR-F
 
  By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3525
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to mandatory conditions of community supervision for a
  person placed on community supervision for certain sexual offenses
  committed against a child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 13B(a), (b), and (d), Article 42.12,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If a judge grants community supervision to a defendant
  described by Subsection (b) and the judge determines that a child as
  defined by Section 22.011(c), Penal Code, was the victim of the
  offense, the judge shall establish a child safety zone applicable
  to the defendant by requiring as a condition of community
  supervision that the defendant:
               (1)  not:
                     (A)  supervise or participate in any program that
  includes as participants or recipients persons who are 17 years of
  age or younger and that regularly provides athletic, civic, or
  cultural activities; [or]
                     (B)  go in, on, or within 1,000 feet of a premises
  where children commonly gather, including a school, day-care
  facility, playground, public or private youth center, public
  swimming pool, or video arcade facility; or
                     (C)  apply for or hold an educator certificate;
  [and]
               (2)  attend psychological counseling sessions for sex
  offenders with an individual or organization which provides sex
  offender treatment or counseling as specified by or approved by the
  judge or the community supervision and corrections department
  officer supervising the defendant; and
               (3)  surrender to the State Board for Educator
  Certification any educator certificate held by the defendant.
         (b)  This section applies to a defendant placed on community
  supervision for an offense:
               (1)  under Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code;
               (2)  under Section 21.08, 21.11, 21.12, 22.011, 22.021,
  or 25.02, Penal Code;
               (3)  under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the
  defendant committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse
  the victim sexually; or
               (4)  under Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under
  Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant committed the
  offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (2)
  or (3) of this subsection.
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) [(a)(1)], a judge is not
  required to impose the conditions described by:
               (1)  Subsection (a)(1), if the defendant is a student
  at a primary or secondary school; or
               (2)  Subsection (a)(1) or (2), if the defendant has
  been placed on community supervision for an offense under Section
  21.12, Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.