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TX Code Crim Pro art 58.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 58 - Confidentiality of Identifying Information and Medical Records of Certain Crime Victims|Subchapter G. Sealing of Medical Records of Certain Child Victims|Article 58.302. Sealing of Medical Records

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), on a motion filed by a person described by Subsection (b), the court shall seal the medical records of a child who is a victim of an offense described by Section 1, Article 38.071.(b)  A motion under this article may be filed on the court's own motion or by:(1)  the attorney representing the state;(2)  the defendant; or(3)  the parent or guardian of the victim or, if the victim is no longer a child, the victim.(c)  The court is not required to seal the records described by this article on a finding of good cause after a hearing held under Subsection (d).(d)  The court shall grant the motion without a hearing unless the motion is contested not later than the seventh day after the date the motion is filed.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.07, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 58.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 58 - Confidentiality of Identifying Information and Medical Records of Certain Crime Victims|Subchapter G. Sealing of Medical Records of Certain Child Victims|Article 58.303. Access to Sealed Medical Records

Medical records sealed under this subchapter are not open for inspection by any person except:(1)  on further order of the court after:(A)  notice to a parent or guardian of the victim whose information is sealed or, if the victim is no longer a child, notice to the victim; and(B)  a finding of good cause;(2)  in connection with a criminal or civil proceeding as otherwise provided by law; or(3)  on request of a parent or legal guardian of the victim whose information is sealed or, if the victim is no longer a child, on request of the victim.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.07, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 58.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 58 - Confidentiality of Identifying Information and Medical Records of Certain Crime Victims|Subchapter G. Sealing of Medical Records of Certain Child Victims|Article 58.304. Liability

Except on a showing of bad faith, a clerk of the court is not liable for any failure to seal medical records after the court grants a motion under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.07, eff. January 1, 2021.
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.002. Applicability of Chapter

(a)  This chapter applies only to a reportable conviction or adjudication occurring on or after September 1, 1970.(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:(1)  an appeal of the conviction or adjudication; or(2)  a pardon 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 on the basis of a conviction or adjudication receives a pardon on the basis of subsequent proof of innocence, 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.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.003. Determination Regarding Substantially Similar Elements of Offense

(a)  For the purposes of this chapter, the department is responsible for determining whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the laws of this state.(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, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, 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.(c)  An appeal of a determination made under this article shall be brought in a district court in Travis County.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.004. Determination Regarding Primary Registration Authority

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), for each person subject to registration under this chapter, the department shall determine which local law enforcement authority serves as the person's primary registration authority based on the municipality or county in which the person resides or, as provided by Article 62.152, the municipality or county in which the person works or attends school.(a-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a person resides or, as described by Article 62.152, works or attends school in a county with a centralized registration authority, the centralized registration authority serves as the person's primary registration authority under this chapter, regardless of whether the person resides, works, or attends school, as applicable, in any municipality located in that county.(b)  The department shall notify each person subject to registration under this chapter of the person's primary registration authority in a timely manner.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 2048), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.0045 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.0045. Centralized Registration Authority

(a)  The commissioners court of a county may designate the office of the sheriff of the county or may, through interlocal agreement, designate the office of a chief of police of a municipality in that county to serve as a mandatory countywide registration location for persons subject to this chapter.(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person subject to this chapter is required to perform the registration and verification requirements of Articles 62.051 and 62.058 and the change of address requirements of Article 62.055 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 in the municipality 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 in that municipality notice of the person's registration, verification of registration, or change of address, as applicable, with the centralized registration authority.(c)  This section does not affect a person's duty to register with secondary sex offender registries under this chapter, such as those described by Articles 62.059 and 62.153.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 566 (S.B. 2048), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1036 (H.B. 2825), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.006. Information Provided to Peace Officer on Request

The department shall establish a procedure by which a peace officer 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 to whom the driver's license or personal identification certificate is issued is required to register under this chapter or whether the license plate number is entered in the computerized central database under Article 62.005 as assigned to a vehicle owned or driven by a person required to register under this chapter.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.008. General Immunity

The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:(1)  an employee or officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Department of Public Safety, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law enforcement authority;(2)  an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department;(3)  a member of the judiciary; and(4)  a member of the risk assessment review committee established under Article 62.007.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.009. Immunity for Release of Public Information

(a)  The department, a penal institution, a local law enforcement authority, or an authority for campus security may release to the public information regarding a person required to register under this chapter only if the information is public information under this chapter.(b)  An individual, agency, entity, or authority is not liable under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or any other law for damages arising from conduct authorized by Subsection (a).(c)  For purposes of determining liability, the release or withholding of information by an appointed or elected officer of an agency, entity, or authority is a discretionary act.(d)  A private primary or secondary school, public or private institution of higher education, or administrator of a private primary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education may release to the public information regarding a person required to register under this chapter only if the information is public information under this chapter and is released to the administrator under Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153.  A private primary or secondary school, public or private institution of higher education, or administrator of a private primary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education is not liable under any law for damages arising from conduct authorized by this subsection.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Article 62.010. Rulemaking Authority

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the department may adopt any rule necessary to implement this chapter.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.052. Registration: Extrajurisdictional Registrants

(a)  An extrajurisdictional registrant is required to comply with the annual verification requirements of Article 62.058 in the same manner as a person who is required to verify registration on the basis of a reportable conviction or adjudication.(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.(c)  The department may negotiate and enter into a reciprocal registration agreement with any other state to prevent residents of this state and residents of the other state from frustrating the public purpose of the registration of sex offenders by moving from one state to the other.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.054. Circumstances Requiring Notice to Superintendent or School Administrator

(a)  A local law enforcement authority shall provide notice to the superintendent and each administrator under Article 62.053(e) or 62.055(f) only if:(1)  the victim was at the time of the offense a child younger than 17 years of age or a student enrolled in a public or private secondary school;(2)  the person subject to registration is a student enrolled in a public or private secondary school; or(3)  the basis on which the person is subject to registration is a conviction, a deferred adjudication, or an adjudication of delinquent conduct for an offense under Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an offense under either of those sections.(b)  A local law enforcement authority may not provide notice to the superintendent or any administrator under Article 62.053(e) or 62.055(f) if the basis on which the person is subject to registration is a conviction, a deferred adjudication, or an adjudication of delinquent conduct for an offense under Section 25.02, Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an offense under that section.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.0551 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.0551. Change in Online Identifiers

(a)  If a person required to register under this chapter changes any online identifier included on the person's registration form or establishes any new online identifier not already included on the person's registration form, the person, not later than the later of the seventh day after the change or establishment or the first date the applicable authority by policy allows the person to report, shall report the change or establishment to the person's primary registration authority in the manner prescribed by the authority.(b)  A primary registration authority that receives information under this article shall forward information in the same manner as information received by the authority under Article 62.055.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 689), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.059. 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 62.051(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.(c)  This article does not impose on a local law enforcement authority requirements of public notification or notification to schools relating to a person about whom the authority is not otherwise required by this chapter to make notifications.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.060. 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, as applicable, an original or renewal driver's license under Section 521.272, Transportation Code, an original or renewal personal identification certificate under Section 521.103, Transportation Code, or an original or renewal 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 is released by a court on community supervision or juvenile probation; or(2)  the department sends written notice to the person of the requirements of this article.(b)  The person shall annually renew in person each driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by the department to the person, including each renewal, duplicate, or corrected license or certificate, until the person's duty to register under this chapter expires.|Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 42, eff. January 1, 2016.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.061. 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.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 5(b);  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.062. Limitation on Newspaper Publication

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a local law enforcement authority may not publish notice in a newspaper or other periodical or circular concerning a person's registration under this chapter if the only basis on which the person is subject to registration is one or more adjudications of delinquent conduct.(b)  This article does not apply to a publication of notice under Article 62.056.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1415, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.063. Prohibited Employment

(a)  In this article:(1)  "Amusement ride" has the meaning assigned by Section 2151.002, Occupations Code.(2)  "Bus" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.(b)  A person subject to registration under this chapter because of a reportable conviction or adjudication for which an affirmative finding is entered under Article 42.015(b) or 42A.105(a), as appropriate, may not, for compensation:(1)  operate or offer to operate a bus;(2)  provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab or limousine transportation service;(3)  provide or offer to provide any type of service in the residence of another person unless the provision of service will be supervised; or(4)  operate or offer to operate any amusement ride.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1302), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 2.26, eff. January 1, 2017.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 62.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 62 - Sex Offender Registration Program|Subchapter B. Registration and Verification|Article 62.064. Prohibited Location of Residence

A person subject to registration under this chapter may not reside on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education unless:(1)  the person is assigned a numeric risk level of one based on an assessment conducted using the sex offender screening tool developed or selected under Article 62.007; and(2)  the institution approves the person to reside on the institution's campus.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 329 (H.B. 355), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|