S.B. No. 1518
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a terrorist offender registry and
  to the supervision of those terrorist offenders; creating criminal
  offenses related to terrorism.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended
  by adding Chapter 65 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 65. TERRORIST OFFENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAM
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Art. 65.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Authority for campus security" means the
  authority with primary law enforcement jurisdiction over property
  under the control of a public or private institution of higher
  education.
               (2)  "Centralized registration authority" means a
  mandatory countywide registration location designated under
  Article 65.005.
               (3)  "Criminal justice official" means a chief of
  police of a municipality, sheriff, constable, county attorney with
  criminal jurisdiction, district attorney, or criminal district
  attorney.
               (4)  "Department" means the Department of Public
  Safety.
               (5)  "Extrajurisdictional registrant" means a person
  who is required to register as a terrorist under the laws of another
  state with which the department has entered into a reciprocal
  registration agreement.
               (6)  "Local law enforcement authority" means the office
  of the chief of police of a municipality, the office of the sheriff
  of a county in this state, or a centralized registration authority.
               (7)  "Officer" means a juvenile probation officer,
  community supervision and corrections department officer, or
  parole officer.
               (8)  "Penal institution" means:
                     (A)  a confinement facility operated by or under
  contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice;
                     (B)  a confinement facility operated by or under
  contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
                     (C)  a juvenile secure pre-adjudication or
  post-adjudication facility operated by or under a local juvenile
  probation department; or 
                     (D)  a county jail.
               (9)  "Released" means discharged, paroled, placed in a
  nonsecure community program for juvenile offenders, or placed on
  juvenile probation, community supervision, or mandatory
  supervision.
               (10)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
  conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
  delinquent conduct or deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
  the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
  for committing:
                     (A)  an offense under Chapter 76, Penal Code; 
                     (B)  an offense described by 18 U.S.C. Section
  2332b(g)(5);
                     (C)  an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section 2332f,
  2332g, 2332h, or 2332i; or 
                     (D)  an offense against the Uniform Code of
  Military Justice, against a state or territory of the United
  States, or against a foreign country, where the offense contains
  elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an
  offense described by this subdivision.
               (11)  "Terrorist offender" means a person who has a
  reportable conviction or adjudication. 
         Art. 65.002.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter
  applies only to a reportable conviction or adjudication occurring
  on or after January 1, 2024.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the duties imposed
  on a person required to register under this chapter on the basis of
  a reportable conviction or adjudication, and the corresponding
  duties and powers of other entities in relation to the person
  required to register on the basis of that conviction or
  adjudication, are not affected by an appeal of the conviction or
  adjudication.
         (c)  If a conviction or adjudication that is the basis of a
  duty to register under this chapter is set aside on appeal by a
  court or if the person required to register under this chapter
  receives a pardon, the duties imposed on the person by this chapter
  and the corresponding duties and powers of other entities in
  relation to the person are terminated.
         Art. 65.003.  DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
  ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the
  department is responsible for determining whether an offense under
  the laws of another state or a foreign country, federal law, or the
  Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are
  substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by
  Article 65.001(10)(A), (B), or (C).
         (b)  The department annually shall provide or make available
  to each prosecuting attorney's office in this state:
               (1)  the criteria used in making a determination under
  Subsection (a); and
               (2)  any existing record or compilation of offenses
  under the laws of another state or a foreign country, federal law,
  and the Uniform Code of Military Justice that the department has
  already determined to contain elements that are substantially
  similar to the elements of offenses under the laws of this state.
         Art. 65.004.  DETERMINATION REGARDING PRIMARY REGISTRATION
  AUTHORITY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), for each
  person subject to registration under this chapter, the department
  shall determine which local law enforcement authority serves as the
  person's registration authority based on the municipality or county
  in which the person resides.
         (b)  If a person resides, works, or attends school in a
  county with a centralized registration authority, the centralized
  registration authority serves as the person's registration
  authority, regardless of whether the person resides, works, or
  attends school in any municipality located in that county.
         (c)  The department shall notify each person subject to
  registration under this chapter of the person's primary
  registration authority in a timely manner.
         Art. 65.005.  CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY. (a) The
  commissioners court of a county may designate the office of the
  sheriff or the office of a chief of police to serve as a centralized
  registration authority.
         (b)  A person subject to this chapter is required to perform
  the registration and verification requirements of Articles 65.051
  and 65.056 and the change of address requirements of Article 65.054
  only with respect to the centralized registration authority for the
  county, regardless of whether the person resides in any
  municipality located in that county. If the person resides in a
  municipality, and the local law enforcement authority does not
  serve as the person's centralized registration authority, the
  centralized registration authority, not later than the third day
  after the date the person registers or verifies registration or
  changes address with that authority, shall provide to the local law
  enforcement authority notice of the person's registration,
  verification of registration, or change of address, as applicable,
  with the centralized registration authority.
         (c)  This article does not affect a person's duty to register
  with a secondary terrorist offender registry under Article 65.057.
         Art. 65.006.  CENTRAL DATABASE. (a) The department shall
  maintain a computerized central database containing the
  information required for registration under this chapter.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), (g), (h),
  and (i), the information contained in the database is confidential
  and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.  
  Information from the database that is received by an entity under
  Subsection (d), (e), (g), (h), or (i) is confidential and not
  subject to disclosure by the entity.
         (c)  The department shall maintain in the database any
  photograph of the person that is available, including through the
  process for obtaining or renewing a personal identification
  certificate or driver's license under Section 521.103 or 521.272,
  Transportation Code, and shall update the photographs in the
  database annually or as photographs otherwise become available.
         (d)  The department shall provide a licensing authority with
  notice of any person required to register under this chapter who
  holds or seeks a license that is issued by the authority.
         (e)  On the written request of a licensing authority that
  identifies an individual and states that the individual is an
  applicant for or a holder of a license issued by the authority, the
  department shall release any information described by Subsection
  (a) to the licensing authority.
         (f)  For the purposes of Subsections (d) and (e):
               (1)  "License" means a license, certificate,
  registration, permit, or other authorization that:
                     (A)  is issued by a licensing authority; and
                     (B)  a person must obtain to practice or engage in
  a particular business, occupation, or profession.
               (2)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
  commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or a
  political subdivision of the state that issues a license.
         (g)  Not later than the third day after the date on which the
  applicable information becomes available through the person's
  registration or verification of registration or under Article
  65.056, the department shall send notice of any person required to
  register under this chapter who is or will be employed by, carrying
  on a vocation at, or a student at an institution of higher education
  in this state to:
               (1)  for an institution in this state:
                     (A)  the authority for campus security; or
                     (B)  if an authority for campus security does not
  exist, the local law enforcement authority of:
                           (i)  the municipality in which the
  institution is located; or
                           (ii)  the county in which the institution is
  located, if the institution is not located in a municipality; or
               (2)  for an institution in another state, any existing
  authority for campus security.
         (h)  On the written request of an institution of higher
  education described by Subsection (g) that identifies an individual
  and states that the individual has applied to work or study at the
  institution, the department shall release any information
  described by Subsection (a) to the institution.
         (i)  The department, for law enforcement purposes, shall
  release all relevant information described by Subsection (a) to a
  peace officer, a criminal justice official, an employee of a local
  law enforcement authority, or the attorney general on the request
  of the applicable person or entity.
         Art. 65.007.  INFORMATION PROVIDED ON REQUEST OF LAW
  ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OR PROSECUTOR; ALERT. (a) The department
  shall establish a procedure by which a peace officer, criminal
  justice official, or employee of a law enforcement agency who
  provides the department with a driver's license number, personal
  identification certificate number, or license plate number is
  automatically provided information as to whether the person is
  required to register under this chapter or whether the license
  plate number is entered in the computerized central database under
  Article 65.006.
         (b)  The department shall establish an alert flag on the
  criminal history record information of each person who is required
  to register under this chapter that would be visible and accessible
  to a peace officer, criminal justice official, or employee of a law
  enforcement agency while in the performance of the officer's,
  official's, or employee's official duties.
         Art. 65.008.  GENERAL IMMUNITY. The following persons are
  immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:
               (1)  a criminal justice official;
               (2)  an employee or officer of the department, the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice
  Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law
  enforcement authority or law enforcement agency;
               (3)  an employee or officer of a community supervision
  and corrections department or a juvenile probation department; and
               (4)  a member of the judiciary.
         Art. 65.009.  RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The department, the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Texas Juvenile
  Justice Department may adopt any rule necessary to implement this
  chapter.
  SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; RELATED
  NOTICE
         Art. 65.051.  REGISTRATION: GENERAL. (a) A person who is
  required to register under this chapter as a condition of parole,
  release to mandatory supervision, or community supervision shall
  register or, if the person is a person for whom registration is
  completed under this chapter, verify registration, as provided by
  Subsection (f), with the local law enforcement authority in any
  municipality where the person resides or intends to reside for more
  than seven days. If the person does not reside or intend to reside
  in a municipality, the person shall register or verify registration
  in any county where the person resides or intends to reside for more
  than seven days. The person shall satisfy the requirements of this
  subsection not later than:
               (1)  the seventh day after the person's arrival in the
  municipality or county; or
               (2)  the first date the local law enforcement authority
  of the municipality or county by policy allows the person to
  register or verify registration, as applicable.
         (b)  The department shall provide the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and each
  local law enforcement authority, authority for campus security,
  county jail, and court with a form for registering persons required
  by this chapter to register.
         (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, and
  driver's license number;
               (2)  the address at which the person resides or intends
  to reside or a detailed description of the geographical location at
  which the person resides or intends to reside;
               (3)  each alias used by the person and any home, work,
  or cellular telephone number;
               (4)  a recent color photograph or an electronic digital
  image of the person and a complete set of the person's fingerprints;
               (5)  the type of offense for which the person is
  required to register, the date of conviction or adjudication, and
  the punishment received;
               (6)  an indication as to whether the person is
  discharged, paroled, or released on juvenile probation, community
  supervision, or mandatory supervision;
               (7)  an indication of each license, as defined by
  Article 65.006, that is held or sought by the person;
               (8)  an indication as to whether the person is or will
  be employed by, carrying on a vocation at, or a student at an
  institution of higher education, and the name and address of that
  institution;
               (9)  the vehicle registration information of any
  vehicle owned by the person, including the make, model, vehicle
  identification number, color, and license plate number; and
               (10)  any other information required by the department.
         (d)  The registration form must contain a description of any
  registration duties the person has under this chapter.
         (e)  Not later than the third day after a person registers,
  the local law enforcement authority shall send a copy of the
  registration form to the department and, if the person resides on
  the campus of a public or private institution of higher education,
  to any authority for campus security for that institution.
         (f)  Not later than the seventh day after the date on which
  the person is released, a person for whom registration is completed
  under this chapter shall report to the applicable local law
  enforcement authority to verify the information in the registration
  form received by the authority under this chapter. The authority
  shall require the person to produce proof of the person's identity
  and residence before the authority gives the registration form to
  the person for verification.  If the information in the
  registration form is complete and accurate, the person shall verify
  registration by signing the form. If the information is not
  complete or accurate, the person shall make any necessary additions
  or corrections before signing the form.
         (g)  A person who is required to register or verify
  registration under this chapter shall ensure that the person's
  registration form is complete and accurate with respect to each
  piece of information required by the form in accordance with
  Subsection (c).
         (h)  If a person subject to registration under this chapter
  does not move to an intended residence by the end of the seventh day
  after the date on which the person is released or the date on which
  the person leaves a previous residence, the person shall:
               (1)  report to the officer supervising the person by
  not later than the seventh day after the date the person is released
  or the date on which the person leaves a previous residence, and
  provide the officer with the address of the person's temporary
  residence; and
               (2)  continue to report to the officer weekly during
  the time in which the person has not moved to an intended residence
  and provide the officer with the address of the person's temporary
  residence.
         (i)  If the other state has a registration requirement for a
  terrorist offender, a person who has a reportable conviction or
  adjudication, who resides in this state, and who is employed by,
  carries on a vocation at, or is a student at an institution of
  higher education in another state shall, not later than the 10th day
  after the date on which the person begins to work or attend school
  in the other state, register with the law enforcement authority
  that is identified by the department as the authority designated by
  that state to receive registration information. If the person is
  employed by, carries on a vocation at, or is a student at a public or
  private institution of higher education in the other state and if an
  authority for campus security exists at the institution, the person
  shall also register with that authority not later than the 10th day
  after the date on which the person begins to work or attend school.
         (j)  If 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, and the person
  does not move to the address indicated on the registration form as
  the person's intended residence or does not indicate an address on
  the registration form, the person shall, not later than the seventh
  day after the date on which the person is released:
               (1)  report in person to the local law enforcement
  authority for the municipality or county, as applicable, in which
  the person is residing and provide that authority with the address
  at which the person is residing or, if the person's residence does
  not have a physical address, a detailed description of the
  geographical location of the person's residence; and
               (2)  until the person indicates the person's current
  address on the registration form or otherwise complies with the
  requirements of Article 65.054, as appropriate, continue to report,
  in the manner required by Subdivision (1), to that authority not
  less than once in each succeeding 30-day period and provide that
  authority with the address at which the person is residing or, if
  applicable, a detailed description of the geographical location of
  the person's residence.
         (k)  A person required to register under this chapter may not
  refuse or otherwise fail to provide any information required for
  the accurate completion of the registration form.
         Art. 65.052.  REGISTRATION: EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL
  REGISTRANTS. (a) An extrajurisdictional registrant is required to
  comply with the annual verification requirements of Article 65.056.
         (b)  The duty to register for an extrajurisdictional
  registrant expires on the date the person's duty to register would
  expire under the laws of the other state or foreign country had the
  person remained in that state or foreign country, under federal
  law, or under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, as applicable.
         Art. 65.053.  PRERELEASE NOTIFICATION. (a) Before a person
  who will be subject to registration under this chapter is due to be
  released from a penal institution, an official of the penal
  institution shall:
               (1)  inform the person that:
                     (A)  not later than the seventh day after the date
  on which the person is released or after the date on which the
  person moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this
  state, or not later than the first date the applicable local law
  enforcement authority by policy allows the person to register or
  verify registration, the person must register or verify
  registration with the local law enforcement authority in the
  municipality or county in which the person intends to reside;
                     (B)  not later than the seventh day after the date
  on which the person is released or the date on which the person
  moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this state,
  the person must, if the person has not moved to an intended
  residence, report to the applicable entity or entities as required
  by Article 65.051 or 65.054;
                     (C)  not later than the seventh day before the
  date on which the person moves to a new residence in this state or
  another state, the person must report in person to the local law
  enforcement authority designated as the person's registration
  authority and to the officer supervising the person;
                     (D)  not later than the 10th day after the date on
  which the person arrives in another state in which the person
  intends to reside, the person must register with the law
  enforcement agency that is identified by the department as the
  agency designated in that state to receive registration
  information, if the other state has a registration requirement;
                     (E)  not later than the 30th day after the date on
  which the person is released, the person must apply to the
  department in person for the issuance of an original or renewal
  driver's license or personal identification certificate and a
  failure to apply to the department as required by this paragraph
  results in the automatic revocation of any driver's license or
  personal identification certificate issued by the department to the
  person; and
                     (F)  the person must notify appropriate entities
  of any change in status as described by Article 65.055;
               (2)  require the person to sign a written statement
  confirming that the person was informed of the person's duties as
  described by Subdivision (1) or, if the person refuses to sign the
  statement, certify that the person was so informed;
               (3)  obtain the address or, if applicable, a detailed
  description of the geographical location where the person expects
  to reside on the person's release and other registration
  information, including a photograph and complete set of
  fingerprints; and
               (4)  complete the registration form for the person.
         (b)  On the seventh day before the date on which a person who
  will be subject to registration under this chapter is due to be
  released from a penal institution, or on receipt of notice by a
  penal institution that a person who will be subject to registration
  under this chapter is due to be released in less than seven days, an
  official of the penal institution shall send the person's completed
  registration form to the department and to:
               (1)  the applicable local law enforcement authority in
  the municipality or county in which the person expects to reside in
  this state, if the person expects to reside in this state; or
               (2)  the law enforcement agency that is identified by
  the department as the agency designated by another state to receive
  registration information, if the person expects to reside in that
  other state and that other state has a registration requirement for
  terrorist offenders.
         (c)  If a person who is subject to registration under this
  chapter receives an order deferring adjudication, placing the
  person on community supervision or juvenile probation, or imposing
  only a fine, the court pronouncing the order or sentence shall
  ensure that the prerelease notification and registration
  requirements are conducted on the day of entering the order or
  sentencing. If a community supervision and corrections department
  representative is available in court at the time a court pronounces
  a sentence of deferred adjudication or community supervision, the
  representative shall immediately conduct the prerelease
  notification and registration requirements. In any other case in
  which the court pronounces a sentence under this subsection, the
  court shall designate another appropriate individual to conduct the
  prerelease notification and registration requirements. 
         (d)  If a person who will be subject to registration under
  this chapter is placed under the supervision of the parole division
  of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a community
  supervision and corrections department under Section 510.017,
  Government Code, the division or department, as applicable, shall
  conduct the prerelease notification and registration requirements
  on the date the person is placed under supervision.
         (e)  Before a person who will be subject to registration
  under this chapter is due to be released from a penal institution in
  this state, an official of the penal institution shall inform the
  person that:
               (1)  if the person intends to reside in another state
  and to work or attend school in this state, the person must, not
  later than the seventh day after the date on which the person begins
  to work or attend school or the first date the applicable local law
  enforcement authority allows the person to register or verify
  registration, register or verify registration with the local law
  enforcement authority in the municipality or county in which the
  person intends to work or attend school; and
               (2)  if the person intends to reside in this state and
  to work or attend school in another state and if the other state has
  a registration requirement for terrorist offenders, the person
  must, not later than the 10th day after the date on which the person
  begins to work or attend school in the other state, register with
  the law enforcement authority that is identified by the department
  as the authority designated by that state to receive registration
  information.
         Art. 65.054.  CHANGE OF ADDRESS; LACK OF ADDRESS. (a) If a
  person required to register under this chapter intends to change
  address, the person shall, not later than the seventh day before the
  intended change, report in person to the local law enforcement
  authority designated as the person's registration authority and the
  officer supervising the person and provide the authority and the
  officer with the person's anticipated move date and new address. If
  a person required to register under this chapter changes address,
  the person shall, not later than the seventh day after changing the
  address or the first date the applicable local law enforcement
  authority allows the person to report, report in person to the local
  law enforcement authority in the municipality or county in which
  the person's new residence is located and provide the authority
  with proof of identity and proof of residence.
         (b)  Not later than the third day after receiving a report
  under Subsection (a), the officer supervising the person 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 and, if the person intends
  to move to another municipality or county in this state, to the
  applicable local law enforcement authority in that municipality or
  county.
         (c)  If the person moves to another state that has a
  registration requirement for terrorist offenders, the person
  shall, not later than the 10th day after the date on which the
  person arrives in the other state, register with the law
  enforcement agency that is identified by the department as the
  agency designated by that state to receive registration
  information.
         (d)  Not later than the third day after receipt of
  information under Subsection (a) or (b), whichever is earlier, the
  local law enforcement authority shall forward the information to
  the department and, if the person intends to move to another
  municipality or county in this state, to the applicable local law
  enforcement authority in that municipality or county.
         (e)  If a person who reports to a local law enforcement
  authority under Subsection (a) does not move on or before the
  anticipated move date or does not move to the new address provided
  to the authority, the person shall:
               (1)  not later than the seventh day after the
  anticipated move date, and not less than weekly after that seventh
  day, report to the local law enforcement authority designated as
  the person's primary registration authority by the department and
  provide an explanation to the authority regarding any changes in
  the anticipated move date and intended residence; and
               (2)  report to the officer supervising the person not
  less than weekly during any period in which the person has not moved
  to an intended residence.
         (f)  If the person moves to another municipality or county in
  this state, the department shall inform the applicable local law
  enforcement authority in the new area of the person's residence not
  later than the third day after the date the person moves. 
         (g)  If the person moves to another state, the department
  shall, immediately on receiving information under Subsection (d):
               (1)  inform the agency that is designated by the other
  state to receive registration information, if that state has a
  registration requirement for terrorist offenders; and
               (2)  send to the Federal Bureau of Investigation a copy
  of the person's registration form, including the record of
  conviction and a complete set of fingerprints.
         (h)  If a person required to register under this chapter
  resides for more than seven days at a location or locations to which
  a physical address has not been assigned by a governmental entity,
  the person, not less than once in each 30-day period, shall confirm
  the person's location or locations by:
               (1)  reporting to the local law enforcement authority
  in the municipality where the person resides or, if the person does
  not reside in a municipality, the local law enforcement authority
  in the county in which the person resides; and
               (2)  providing a detailed description of the applicable
  location or locations.
         Art. 65.055.  STATUS REPORT BY SUPERVISING OFFICER OR LOCAL
  LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY. (a) If the officer supervising a person
  subject to registration under this chapter receives information to
  the effect that the person's status has changed in any manner that
  affects proper supervision of the person, including a change in the
  person's name, physical health, job or educational status,
  including higher educational status, incarceration, or terms of
  release, the officer shall promptly notify the appropriate local
  law enforcement authority or authorities of that change. If the
  person required to register intends to change address, the officer
  shall notify the local law enforcement authorities designated by
  Article 65.054(b).  Not later than the seventh day after the date
  the officer receives the relevant information, the officer shall
  notify the local law enforcement authority of any change in the
  person's job or educational status in which the person:
               (1)  becomes employed, begins to carry on a vocation,
  or becomes a student at a particular institution of higher
  education; or
               (2)  terminates the person's status in that capacity.
         (b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date of the
  change or the first date the applicable authority by policy allows
  the person to report, a person subject to registration under this
  chapter shall report to the local law enforcement authority
  designated as the person's registration authority any change in the
  person's name or job or educational status or if the person is
  hospitalized for any reason.
         Art. 65.056.  LAW ENFORCEMENT VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
  INFORMATION. (a) A person subject to registration under this
  chapter who has, with respect to an offense described by Article
  65.001(10), been convicted two or more times, received an order of
  deferred adjudication two or more times, or been convicted and
  received an order of deferred adjudication shall report to the
  local law enforcement authority designated as the person's
  registration authority not less than once in each 90-day period
  following the date the person first registered under this chapter
  to verify the information in the registration form maintained by
  the authority for that person. A person subject to registration
  under this chapter who is not subject to the 90-day reporting
  requirement described by this subsection shall report to the local
  law enforcement authority designated as the person's registration
  authority once each year not earlier than the 30th day before and
  not later than the 30th day after the anniversary of the person's
  date of birth to verify the information in the registration form
  maintained by the authority for that person. 
         (b)  A local law enforcement authority designated as a
  person's registration authority by the department may direct the
  person to report to the authority to verify the information in the
  registration form maintained by the department for that person.
  The authority may direct the person to report under this subsection
  once in each 90-day period following the date the person first
  registered under this chapter, if the person is required to report
  not less than once in each 90-day period under Subsection (a), or
  once in each year not earlier than the 30th day before and not later
  than the 30th day after the anniversary of the person's date of
  birth, if the person is required to report once each year under
  Subsection (a). A local law enforcement authority may not direct a
  person to report to the authority under this subsection if the
  person is required to report under Subsection (a) and is in
  compliance with the reporting requirements of that subsection.
         (c)  The local law enforcement authority shall require the
  person to produce proof of the person's identity and residence
  before the authority gives the registration form to the person for
  verification. If the information in the registration form is
  complete and accurate, the person shall verify registration by
  signing the form. If the information is not complete or not
  accurate, the person shall make any necessary additions or
  corrections before signing the form.
         (d)  A local law enforcement authority designated as a
  person's primary registration authority by the department may at
  any time mail a nonforwardable verification form to the last
  reported address of the person. Not later than the 21st day after
  receipt of a verification form under this subsection, the person
  shall:
               (1)  indicate on the form whether the person still
  resides at the last reported address or the person's new address;
               (2)  complete any other information required by the
  form;
               (3)  sign the form; and
               (4)  return the form to the authority.
         (e)  For purposes of this article, a person receives multiple
  convictions or orders of deferred adjudication regardless of
  whether:
               (1)  the judgments or orders are entered on different
  dates; or
               (2)  the offenses for which the person was convicted or
  placed on deferred adjudication arose out of different criminal
  transactions.
         Art. 65.057.  REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULARLY VISITING
  LOCATION. (a) A person subject to this chapter who on at least
  three occasions during any month spends more than 48 consecutive
  hours in a municipality or county in this state, other than the
  municipality or county in which the person is registered under this
  chapter, before the last day of that month shall report that fact
  to:
               (1)  the local law enforcement authority of the
  municipality in which the person is a visitor; or
               (2)  if the person is a visitor in a location that is
  not a municipality, the local law enforcement authority of the
  county in which the person is a visitor.
         (b)  A person described by Subsection (a) shall provide the
  local law enforcement authority with:
               (1)  all information the person is required to provide
  under Article 65.051(c);
               (2)  the address of any location in the municipality or
  county, as appropriate, at which the person was lodged during the
  month; and
               (3)  a statement as to whether the person intends to
  return to the municipality or county during the succeeding month.
         Art. 65.058.  REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
  PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A person subject to
  registration under this chapter shall apply to the department in
  person for the issuance of an original or renewal driver's license
  under Section 521.272, Transportation Code, a personal
  identification certificate under Section 521.103, Transportation
  Code, or a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's
  permit under Section 522.033, Transportation Code, not later than
  the 30th day after the date:
               (1)  the person is released from a penal institution or
  by a court; or
               (2)  the department sends written notice to the person
  of the requirements of this article.
         (b)  The person shall annually renew in person the driver's
  license or personal identification certificate until the person's
  duty to register under this chapter expires.
         Art. 65.059.  DNA SPECIMEN. A person required to register
  under this chapter shall comply with a request for a DNA specimen
  made by a law enforcement agency under Section 411.1473, Government
  Code.
         Art. 65.060.  PROHIBITED LOCATION OF RESIDENCE. A person
  subject to registration under this chapter may not reside on the
  campus of an institution of higher education unless the institution
  approves the person to reside on the institution's campus.
  SUBCHAPTER C. EXPIRATION OF DUTY TO REGISTER; OFFENSE
         Art. 65.101.  EXPIRATION OF DUTY TO REGISTER. The duty to
  register for a person ends when a judge in a court of competent
  jurisdiction determines that the person no longer represents a
  threat to public safety.
         Art. 65.102.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION
  REQUIREMENTS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person is
  required to register and intentionally or knowingly fails to comply
  with any requirement of this chapter.
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under
  this article is a felony of the third degree.
         (c)  An offense is a felony of the second degree if it is
  shown at the trial of a person:
               (1)  for an offense or an attempt to commit an offense
  under this article that the person has previously been convicted
  under this article; and
               (2)  for an offense or an attempt to commit an offense
  under this article that the person fraudulently used identifying
  information in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the
  commission or attempted commission of the offense.
  SUBCHAPTER D. REMOVAL OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION
         Art. 65.151.  REMOVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION WHEN DUTY TO
  REGISTER EXPIRES. (a) When a person is no longer required to
  register as a terrorist offender under this chapter, the department
  shall remove all information about the person from the terrorist
  offender registry.
         (b)  The duty to remove information under Subsection (a)
  arises if the department has received notice from a judge in a court
  of competent jurisdiction that the judge has determined that the
  person no longer represents a threat to public safety.
         (c)  When the department has removed information under
  Subsection (a), the department shall notify all local law
  enforcement authorities that have provided registration
  information to the department about the person of the removal. A
  local law enforcement authority that receives notice from the
  department under this subsection shall remove all registration
  information about the person from its registry.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 411.1473, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1473.  DNA RECORDS OF CERTAIN REGISTERED SEX
  OFFENDERS AND TERRORIST OFFENDERS.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 411.1473(a) and (b), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a person who is required to
  register under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (b)  The department by rule shall require a law enforcement
  agency serving as a person's primary registration authority under
  Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure, to:
               (1)  take one or more specimens from a person described
  by Subsection (a) for the purpose of creating a DNA record; and
               (2)  preserve the specimen and maintain a record of the
  collection of the specimen.
         SECTION 4.  Section 15.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (d)  An offense under this section is one category lower than
  the most serious felony that is the object of the conspiracy, and if
  the most serious felony that is the object of the conspiracy is a
  state jail felony, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor. This
  subsection does not apply to an offense under Section 76.02. 
         SECTION 5.  The Penal Code is amended by adding Title 12 to
  read as follows:
  TITLE 12. TERRORISM
  CHAPTER 76. TERRORISTIC OFFENSES
         Sec. 76.01.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Material support or resources" means:
                     (A)  currency or other financial securities;
                     (B)  financial services;
                     (C)  instruments of value;
                     (D)  lodging;
                     (E)  training;
                     (F)  safehouses;
                     (G)  false documentation or identification;
                     (H)  communications equipment;
                     (I)  computer equipment;
                     (J)  software;
                     (K)  facilities;
                     (L)  a deadly weapon;
                     (M)  lethal substances;
                     (N)  an explosive weapon or components of an
  explosive weapon, a chemical dispensing device, or a hoax bomb, as
  those terms are defined by Section 46.01;
                     (O)  personnel;
                     (P)  transportation; and 
                     (Q)  other tangible assets, other than medical
  care provided by a licensed health care provider or religious
  materials.
               (2)  "Training" means teaching or demonstrating
  directly to another person, either in person or through a writing or
  by use of a computer or computer network, the use, application, or
  making of:
                     (A)  a weapon prohibited by Section 46.05;
                     (B)  a deadly weapon;
                     (C)  a component of an explosive weapon, as
  defined by Section 46.01; or
                     (D)  an incendiary device capable of causing
  injury or death to persons.
         Sec. 76.02.  TERRORISM. (a) A person commits an offense if
  the person:
               (1)  commits or conspires to commit an offense under:
                     (A)  Chapter 19;
                     (B)  Section 20.02;
                     (C)  Section 20.03;
                     (D)  Section 20A.02;
                     (E)  Section 22.02;
                     (F)  Section 22.021;
                     (G)  Section 22.05, if punishable as a felony;
                     (H)  Section 22.07, if punishable as a felony;
                     (I)  Section 22.09;
                     (J)  Section 28.02;
                     (K)  Section 28.07, if punishable as a felony;
                     (L)  Section 29.03;
                     (M)  Section 38.152, if punishable as a felony; or
                     (N)  Section 46.08; and
               (2)  commits or conspires to commit that offense with
  the intent to:
                     (A)  intimidate or coerce the public or a
  substantial group of the public; or
                     (B)  influence, by intimidation or coercion, the
  policy, conduct, or activities of this state, a political
  subdivision of this state, or the United States.
         (b)  An offense under this section is one category higher
  than the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that was
  committed or conspired to be committed, except that:
               (1)  if the most serious offense is a Class A
  misdemeanor, the offense under this section is a Class A
  misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of 180 days; and
               (2)  if the most serious offense is a felony of the
  first degree, the offense under this section is a felony of the
  first degree with a minimum term of confinement of 15 years.
         Sec. 76.03.  AIDING IN COMMISSION OF TERRORISM. (a) A
  person commits an offense if the person intentionally raises,
  solicits, collects, or provides material support or resources with
  intent or knowledge that the material support or resources will be
  used, wholly or partly, to solicit, direct, supervise, plan,
  prepare, promote, carry out, assist, or aid in committing an
  offense under Section 76.02.
         (b)  An offense under this section is of the same degree as
  the offense under Section 76.02 that the person aided. 
         Sec. 76.04.  HINDERING PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM. (a) A
  person commits an offense if, with intent to hinder the arrest,
  prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense
  under Section 76.02 or 76.03, the person:
               (1)  harbors or conceals the other;
               (2)  provides or aids in providing the other with any
  means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape;
               (3)  warns the other of impending discovery or
  apprehension; or
               (4)  tampers with any physical evidence that might aid
  in the discovery or apprehension of the other.
         (b)  An offense under this section is of the same degree as
  the offense under Section 76.02 or 76.03 for which the person
  committed the act described by Subsection (a).
         Sec. 76.05.  ASSISTANCE BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The
  attorney general, if requested to do so by the attorney
  representing the state, may assist the attorney representing the
  state in the investigation or prosecution of an offense under this
  chapter. 
         (b)  The attorney general shall designate one individual in
  the division of the attorney general's office that assists in the
  prosecution of criminal cases to coordinate responses to requests
  to assist in prosecution made under this section.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1518 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2023, by the
  following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1518 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 105,
  Nays 40, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor