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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for a change of name for a person with |
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a final felony conviction or a person required to register as a sex |
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offender. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 45.103, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter |
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for a person with a final felony conviction if: |
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(1) [,] in addition to the requirements of Subsection |
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(a), the person has: |
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(A) [(1)] received a certificate of discharge by |
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the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or completed a period of |
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community supervision or juvenile probation ordered by a court and |
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not less than two years have passed from the date of the receipt of |
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discharge or completion of community supervision or juvenile |
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probation; or |
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(B) [(2)] been pardoned; or |
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(2) the person is requesting to change the person's |
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name to the primary name used in the person's criminal history |
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record information. |
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(c) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter |
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for a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter |
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62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the person: |
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(1) meets [, in addition to] the requirements of |
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Subsection (a) or is requesting to change the person's name to the |
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primary name used in the person's criminal history record |
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information; and |
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(2) [, the person] provides the court with proof that |
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the person has notified the appropriate local law enforcement |
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authority of the proposed name change. |
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(d) In this section: |
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(1) "Criminal history record information" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. |
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(2) "Local [subsection, "local] law enforcement |
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authority" has the meaning assigned by Article 62.001, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. Section 45.103, Family Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to a petition for a change of name that is filed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |