By: Whitmire S.B. No. 369

(In the Senate - Filed February 4, 2013; February 11, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain information available to the public on a central database containing information about sex offenders.

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

SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 62.005, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The information contained in the database, including the numeric risk level assigned to a person under this chapter, is public information, with the exception of any information:

(1) regarding the person's social security number or driver's license number, or any home, work, or cellular telephone number of the person;

(2) that is described by Article 62.051(c)(7) or required by the department under Article 62.051(c)(8), including any information regarding an employer's name, address, or telephone number; or

(3) that would identify the victim of the offense for which the person is subject to registration.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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