85R12802 MAW-F

By: Burton S.B. No. 1826

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notification regarding the release of certain sex offenders and to the reporting of vehicle registration information for sex offenders.

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

SECTION 1. Article 62.051(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(c) The registration form shall require:

(1) the person's full name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, social security number, driver's license number, and shoe size;

(1-a) the address at which the person resides or intends to reside or, if the person does not reside or intend to reside at a physical address, a detailed description of each geographical location at which the person resides or intends to reside;

(1-b) each alias used by the person and any home, work, or cellular telephone number of the person;

(2) a recent color photograph or, if possible, an electronic digital image of the person and a complete set of the person's fingerprints;

(3) the type of offense the person was convicted of, the age of the victim, the date of conviction, and the punishment received;

(4) an indication as to whether the person is discharged, paroled, or released on juvenile probation, community supervision, or mandatory supervision;

(5) an indication of each license, as defined by Article 62.005(g), that is held or sought by the person;

(6) an indication as to whether the person is or will be employed, carrying on a vocation, or a student at a particular public or private institution of higher education in this state or another state, and the name and address of that institution;

(7) the identification of any online identifier established or used by the person;

(8) the vehicle registration information of any vehicle owned by the person, including the make, model, vehicle identification number, color, and license plate number; and

(9) [(8)] any other information required by the department.

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Articles 62.0535 and 62.0552 to read as follows:

Art. 62.0535. NOTIFICATION TO ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING RELEASE OF CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. Not later than the seventh day after the date a person subject to registration under this chapter is released from a penal institution without being released to parole or placed on any other form of supervision, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, as applicable, shall notify the attorney general of the person's release.

Art. 62.0552. CHANGE IN VEHICLE REGISTRATION INFORMATION. (a) Not later than the seventh day after the date of a change in any part of the vehicle registration information reported by a person under Article 62.051(c)(8), the person shall report in person to the local law enforcement authority designated as the person's primary registration authority by the department and, if applicable, to the juvenile probation officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, or parole officer supervising the person and shall provide the authority and the officer with the person's new or updated vehicle registration information.

(b) Not later than the third day after the date of receipt of notice under Subsection (a), the person's juvenile probation officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, or parole officer shall forward the information provided under Subsection (a) to the local law enforcement authority designated as the person's primary registration authority by the department.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.