TO: | Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2825 by King, Ken (Relating to the authority of a county to establish a centralized sex offender registration authority.), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would allow the commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 100,000 to designate the office of a sheriff or chief of police to serve as a county registration location for sex offenders. The bill would also require a person to register, verify registration, and perform change of address requirements only with respect to the centralized registration authority for the county. The bill would take effect immediately upon a two-thirds vote of all the members in each house. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
The Department of Public Safety reported that no fiscal impact to the state is anticipated.
Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
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LBB Staff: | UP, SD, ESi, KKR
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