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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators, the |
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operation of the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and certain related |
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offenses; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 30.010, Civil Practice |
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and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 30.010. PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION PRIVILEGED |
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FROM DISCOVERY BY INMATE OR COMMITTED PERSON. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 30.010(a) and (b), Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Personal identifying information pertaining to an |
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individual, including the individual's home address, home |
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telephone number, and social security account number, is privileged |
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from discovery by an individual who is imprisoned or confined in any |
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correctional facility or civilly committed as a sexually violent |
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predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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individual to whom the information pertains is: |
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(1) an employee of any correctional facility; [or] |
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(2) an officer or employee of the Texas Civil |
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Commitment Office or a person who contracts with the office to |
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perform a service or an employee of that person; or |
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(3) related within the first degree by consanguinity |
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or affinity to an individual described by Subdivision (1) or (2) |
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[who is an employee of any correctional facility]. |
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(b) Personal identifying information that is privileged |
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under this section may be discovered by an individual who is |
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imprisoned or confined in a correctional facility or civilly |
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committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health |
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and Safety Code, only if: |
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(1) the incarcerated individual or committed person |
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shows good cause to the court for the discovery of the information; |
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and |
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(2) the court renders an order that authorizes |
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discovery of the information. |
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SECTION 3. Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) On a request made by that office, a peace officer shall |
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execute an emergency detention order issued by the Texas Civil |
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Commitment Office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 4. Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (b-1) [of this
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article], a magistrate may, in the magistrate's discretion, release |
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the defendant on [his] personal bond without sureties or other |
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security. |
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(b-1) A magistrate may not release on personal bond a |
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defendant who, at the time of the commission of the charged offense, |
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is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter |
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841, Health and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 5. Article 62.202, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding Article 62.058, if an individual |
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subject to registration under this chapter is civilly committed as |
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a sexually violent predator, the person shall report to the local |
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law enforcement authority designated as the person's primary |
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registration authority by the department to verify the information |
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in the registration form maintained by the authority for that |
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person as follows: |
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(1) if the person resides at a civil commitment |
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center, not less than once each year; or |
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(2) if the person does not reside at a civil commitment |
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center, not less than once in each 30-day period following: |
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(A) the date the person first registered under |
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this chapter; or |
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(B) if applicable, the date the person moved from |
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the center [to verify the information in the registration form
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maintained by the authority for that person]. |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2) [this subsection], |
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a person complies with a requirement that the person register |
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within a 30-day period following a date if the person registers at |
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any time on or after the 27th day following that date but before the |
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33rd day after that date. |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter E, Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Article 62.2021 to read as follows: |
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Art. 62.2021. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR |
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PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE: INDIVIDUALS RESIDING AT CIVIL |
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COMMITMENT CENTER. (a) Notwithstanding Article 62.060(b), a |
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person subject to registration who is civilly committed as a |
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sexually violent predator and resides at a civil commitment center |
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shall renew the person's department-issued driver's license or |
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personal identification certificate as prescribed by Section |
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521.103, 521.272, or 522.033, Transportation Code, as applicable. |
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(b) On the date that a person described by Subsection (a) no |
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longer resides at a civil commitment center, the person is required |
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to renew a driver's license or personal identification certificate |
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only as provided by Article 62.060(b). |
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SECTION 7. Section 411.0765(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history |
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record information that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure |
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of criminal history record information under this subchapter to the |
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following noncriminal justice agencies or entities only: |
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(1) the State Board for Educator Certification; |
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(2) a school district, charter school, private school, |
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regional education service center, commercial transportation |
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company, or education shared service arrangement; |
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(3) the Texas Medical Board; |
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(4) the Texas School for the Blind and Visually |
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Impaired; |
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(5) the Board of Law Examiners; |
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(6) the State Bar of Texas; |
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(7) a district court regarding a petition for name |
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change under Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code; |
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(8) the Texas School for the Deaf; |
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(9) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(10) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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(11) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative |
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Services; |
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(12) the Department of State Health Services, a local |
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mental health service, a local intellectual and developmental |
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disability authority, or a community center providing services to |
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persons with mental illness or intellectual or developmental |
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disabilities; |
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(13) the Texas Private Security Board; |
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(14) a municipal or volunteer fire department; |
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(15) the Texas Board of Nursing; |
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(16) a safe house providing shelter to children in |
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harmful situations; |
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(17) a public or nonprofit hospital or hospital |
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district, or a facility as defined by Section 250.001, Health and |
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Safety Code; |
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(18) the securities commissioner, the banking |
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commissioner, the savings and mortgage lending commissioner, the |
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consumer credit commissioner, or the credit union commissioner; |
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(19) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy; |
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(20) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; |
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(21) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(22) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; |
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(23) the Texas Education Agency; |
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(24) the Judicial Branch Certification Commission; |
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(25) a county clerk's office in relation to a |
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proceeding for the appointment of a guardian under Title 3, Estates |
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Code; |
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(26) the Department of Information Resources but only |
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regarding an employee, applicant for employment, contractor, |
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subcontractor, intern, or volunteer who provides network security |
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services under Chapter 2059 to: |
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(A) the Department of Information Resources; or |
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(B) a contractor or subcontractor of the |
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Department of Information Resources; |
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(27) the Texas Department of Insurance; |
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(28) the Teacher Retirement System of Texas; |
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(29) the Texas State Board of Pharmacy; |
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(30) the Texas Civil Commitment Office; |
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(31) a bank, savings bank, savings and loan |
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association, credit union, or mortgage banker, a subsidiary or |
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affiliate of those entities, or another financial institution |
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regulated by a state regulatory entity listed in Subdivision (18) |
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or by a corresponding federal regulatory entity, but only regarding |
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an employee, contractor, subcontractor, intern, or volunteer of or |
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an applicant for employment by that bank, savings bank, savings and |
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loan association, credit union, mortgage banker, subsidiary or |
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affiliate, or financial institution; and |
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(32) [(31)] an employer that has a facility that |
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handles or has the capability of handling, transporting, storing, |
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processing, manufacturing, or controlling hazardous, explosive, |
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combustible, or flammable materials, if: |
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(A) the facility is critical infrastructure, as |
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defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 5195c(e), or the employer is required |
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to submit to a risk management plan under Section 112(r) of the |
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federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7412) for the facility; and |
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(B) the information concerns an employee, |
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applicant for employment, contractor, or subcontractor whose |
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duties involve or will involve the handling, transporting, storing, |
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processing, manufacturing, or controlling hazardous, explosive, |
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combustible, or flammable materials and whose background is |
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required to be screened under a federal provision described by |
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Paragraph (A). |
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SECTION 8. Sections 411.1389(a) and (c), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Civil Commitment Office is entitled to obtain |
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from the department criminal history record information that is |
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maintained by the department and that relates to a person who: |
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(1) has applied with the office to be: |
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(A) [(1)] an employee of the office; or |
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(B) [(2)] a contracted service provider with the |
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office; or |
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(2) seeks the office's approval to act as a contact or |
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chaperone for a person who is civilly committed as a sexually |
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violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code. |
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(c) The Texas Civil Commitment Office shall destroy |
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criminal history record information obtained under Subsection (a) |
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as soon as practicable after the date on which, as applicable: |
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(1) the person's employment or contract with the |
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office terminates; [or] |
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(2) the office decides not to employ or contract with |
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the person; or |
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(3) the office determines whether the person is |
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suitable as a contact or chaperone for a person who is civilly |
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committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health |
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and Safety Code. |
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SECTION 9. Section 420A.002(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Members of the board serve staggered six-year |
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[two-year] terms, with the terms of one or two members expiring on[.
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Three members' terms expire February 1 of each even-numbered year
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and two members' terms expire] February 1 of each odd-numbered |
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year. |
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SECTION 10. Section 420A.003, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The presiding officer shall select a member of the |
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board as an assistant presiding officer and may create board |
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committees. |
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SECTION 11. Section 420A.011, Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 420A.011. ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT; SUPPORT. (a) The |
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office is administratively attached to the Health and Human |
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Services Commission [Department of State Health Services]. |
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(b) The Health and Human Services Commission [Department of
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State Health Services] shall provide administrative support |
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services, including human resources, budgetary, accounting, |
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purchasing, payroll, information technology, and legal support |
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services, to the office as necessary to carry out the purposes of |
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this chapter. |
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(c) The office, in accordance with the rules and procedures |
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of the Legislative Budget Board, shall prepare, approve, and submit |
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a legislative appropriations request that is separate from the |
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legislative appropriations request for the Health and Human |
|
Services Commission [Department of State Health Services] and is |
|
used to develop the office's budget structure. The office shall |
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maintain the office's legislative appropriations request and |
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budget structure separately from those of the commission |
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[department]. |
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SECTION 12. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of |
|
Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home |
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address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or |
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social security number of the following person or that reveals |
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whether the person has family members: |
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(1) a current or former official or employee of a |
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governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024; |
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(2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under |
|
Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer |
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complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; |
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(3) a current or former employee of the Texas |
|
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of |
|
the department or any division of the department, regardless of |
|
whether the current or former employee complies with Section |
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552.1175; |
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(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement |
|
officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections |
|
officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this |
|
state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the |
|
deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; |
|
(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
|
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the |
|
officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; |
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(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
|
and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who |
|
performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of |
|
whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or |
|
552.1175; |
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(7) a current or former employee of the office of the |
|
attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
|
the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether |
|
the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or |
|
552.1175; |
|
(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile |
|
Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the |
|
department, regardless of whether the current or former employee |
|
complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; |
|
(9) a current or former juvenile probation or |
|
supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
|
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
|
under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the |
|
current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or |
|
552.1175; |
|
(10) a current or former employee of a juvenile |
|
justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section |
|
261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or former |
|
employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; [or] |
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(11) a current or former member of the Texas military |
|
forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001; or |
|
(12) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or |
|
a division of the office, regardless of whether the current or |
|
former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175. |
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SECTION 13. The heading to Section 552.1175, Government |
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.1175. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PERSONAL |
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IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF PEACE OFFICERS, COUNTY JAILERS, |
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SECURITY OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN STATE AGENCIES OR CERTAIN |
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CRIMINAL OR JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCIES OR OFFICES, AND FEDERAL AND |
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STATE JUDGES. |
|
SECTION 14. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) This section applies only to: |
|
(1) peace officers as defined by Article 2.12, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) county jailers as defined by Section 1701.001, |
|
Occupations Code; |
|
(3) current or former employees of the Texas |
|
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of |
|
the department or any division of the department; |
|
(4) commissioned security officers as defined by |
|
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
|
(5) employees of a district attorney, criminal |
|
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose |
|
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services |
|
matters; |
|
(6) officers and employees of a community supervision |
|
and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform |
|
a duty described by Section 76.004(b); |
|
(7) criminal investigators of the United States as |
|
described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(8) police officers and inspectors of the United |
|
States Federal Protective Service; |
|
(9) current and former employees of the office of the |
|
attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that |
|
office the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
|
(10) current or former juvenile probation and |
|
detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
|
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
|
under Title 12, Human Resources Code; |
|
(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice |
|
program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, |
|
Family Code; |
|
(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile |
|
Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the |
|
department; [and] |
|
(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by |
|
Section 13.0021, Election Code; and |
|
(14) current or former employees of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or |
|
a division of the office. |
|
SECTION 15. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Before permitting a member of the public to view a |
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financial statement filed under this subchapter or providing a copy |
|
of the statement to a member of the public, the [The] commission |
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shall remove [the home address of a judge or justice] from the [a
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financial] statement, if applicable, the home address of [filed
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under this subchapter before]: |
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(1) a judge or justice [permitting a member of the
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public to view the statement]; or |
|
(2) a member of the governing board or executive head |
|
of the Texas Civil Commitment Office [providing a copy of the
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statement to a member of the public]. |
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SECTION 16. Sections 841.082(a), (d), and (e), Health and |
|
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Before entering an order directing a person's civil |
|
commitment, the judge shall impose on the person requirements |
|
necessary to ensure the person's compliance with treatment and |
|
supervision and to protect the community. The requirements shall |
|
include: |
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(1) requiring the person to reside where instructed by |
|
the office; |
|
(2) prohibiting the person's contact with a victim of |
|
the person; |
|
(3) requiring the person's participation in and |
|
compliance with the sex offender treatment program provided by the |
|
office and compliance with all written requirements imposed by the |
|
office; |
|
(4) requiring the person to submit to appropriate |
|
supervision and: |
|
(A) submit to tracking under a particular type of |
|
tracking service, if the person: |
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(i) while residing at a civil commitment |
|
center, leaves the center for any reason; |
|
(ii) is in one of the two most restrictive |
|
tiers of treatment, as determined by the office; |
|
(iii) is on disciplinary status, as |
|
determined by the office; or |
|
(iv) resides in the community [and to any
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other appropriate supervision]; and |
|
(B) if required to submit to tracking under |
|
Paragraph (A), refrain from tampering with, altering, modifying, |
|
obstructing, removing, or manipulating the tracking equipment; and |
|
(5) prohibiting the person from leaving the state |
|
without prior authorization from the office. |
|
(d) The committing court retains jurisdiction of the case |
|
with respect to a proceeding conducted under this subchapter, other |
|
than a criminal proceeding involving an offense under Section |
|
841.085, or to a civil commitment proceeding conducted under |
|
Subchapters F and G. |
|
(e) The requirements imposed under Subsection (a) may be |
|
modified by the committing court at any time after notice to each |
|
affected party to the proceedings and a hearing. |
|
SECTION 17. Section 841.0832(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The office shall designate all or part of a facility |
|
under Subsection (a) to serve as an intake and orientation facility |
|
for committed persons on release from a secure correctional |
|
facility. |
|
SECTION 18. Section 841.0833, Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 841.0833. SECURITY AND MONITORING; CONFIDENTIALITY. |
|
(a) The office shall develop procedures for the security and |
|
monitoring of committed persons in each programming tier. |
|
(b) Information regarding the security and monitoring |
|
procedures developed under Subsection (a) is confidential and not |
|
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
|
SECTION 19. Section 841.0834, Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
|
(e) A committed person who files a petition under this |
|
section shall serve a copy of the petition on the office. |
|
SECTION 20. Section 841.0836, Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 841.0836. RELEASE FROM HOUSING. (a) A committed |
|
person released from housing operated by or under contract with the |
|
office shall be released to: |
|
(1) the county in which the person was most recently |
|
convicted of a sexually violent offense; or |
|
(2) if the county described by Subdivision (1) does |
|
not provide adequate opportunities for the person's treatment and |
|
for the person's housing or other supervision, as determined by the |
|
office, a county designated by the office. |
|
(b) The office may require a committed person released to a |
|
county under Subsection (a)(2) to change the person's residence to |
|
the county described by Subsection (a)(1) if the office determines |
|
that adequate opportunities for the person's treatment and for the |
|
person's housing or other supervision become available in that |
|
county. |
|
SECTION 21. Subchapter E, Chapter 841, Health and Safety |
|
Code, is amended by adding Sections 841.0837 and 841.0838 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 841.0837. EMERGENCY DETENTION ORDER. (a) In this |
|
section, "peace officer" has the meaning assigned by Article 2.12, |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure. |
|
(b) For the purpose of returning a committed person to a |
|
more restrictive setting following a transfer to less restrictive |
|
housing and supervision under Section 841.0834 or a release under |
|
Section 841.0836, the office may issue an emergency detention order |
|
for the person's immediate apprehension and transportation to a |
|
location designated by the office. |
|
Sec. 841.0838. USE OF RESTRAINTS. (a) An employee of the |
|
office, or a person who contracts with the office or an employee of |
|
that person, may use mechanical or chemical restraints on a |
|
committed person residing in a civil commitment center or while |
|
transporting a committed person who resides at the center only if: |
|
(1) the employee or person completes a training |
|
program approved by the office on the use of restraints that: |
|
(A) includes instruction on the office's |
|
approved restraint techniques and devices and the office's verbal |
|
de-escalation policies, procedures, and practices; and |
|
(B) requires the employee or person to |
|
demonstrate competency in the use of the restraint techniques and |
|
devices; and |
|
(2) the restraint is: |
|
(A) used as a last resort; |
|
(B) necessary to stop or prevent: |
|
(i) imminent physical injury to the |
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committed person or another; |
|
(ii) threatening behavior by the committed |
|
person while the person is using or exhibiting a weapon; |
|
(iii) a disturbance by a group of committed |
|
persons; or |
|
(iv) an absconsion from the center; and |
|
(C) the least restrictive restraint necessary, |
|
used for the minimum duration necessary, to stop or prevent the |
|
injury, threatening behavior, disturbance, or absconsion. |
|
(b) The office shall develop procedures governing the use of |
|
mechanical or chemical restraints on committed persons. |
|
SECTION 22. Section 841.084(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Notwithstanding Section 841.146(c), a civilly committed |
|
person who is not indigent: |
|
(1) is responsible for the cost of: |
|
(A) housing and treatment provided under this |
|
chapter; [and] |
|
(B) the tracking service required by Section |
|
841.082; and |
|
(C) repairs to or replacement of the tracking |
|
equipment required by Section 841.082, if the person intentionally |
|
caused the damage to or loss of the equipment, as determined by the |
|
office; and |
|
(2) [monthly] shall pay to the office: |
|
(A) a monthly [the] amount that the office |
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determines will be necessary to defray the cost of providing the |
|
housing, treatment, and service with respect to the person; and |
|
(B) as directed by the office, any amount for |
|
which the person is responsible under Subdivision (1)(C). |
|
SECTION 23. Section 841.085, Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
|
(c) On request of the local prosecuting attorney, the |
|
special prosecution unit may assist in the trial of an offense under |
|
this section. |
|
SECTION 24. Section 841.151(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) As soon as practicable before, but not [Not] later than |
|
the third business day preceding, the date a correctional facility, |
|
secure correctional facility, or secure detention facility |
|
releases a person who, at the time of the person's detention or |
|
confinement, was civilly committed under this chapter as a sexually |
|
violent predator, the facility shall notify the office and the |
|
person's case manager in writing of the anticipated date and time of |
|
the person's release. |
|
SECTION 25. Subchapter H, Chapter 841, Health and Safety |
|
Code, is amended by adding Sections 841.152 and 841.153 to read as |
|
follows: |
|
Sec. 841.152. CERTAIN HEARINGS BY CLOSED-CIRCUIT VIDEO |
|
TELECONFERENCING PERMITTED. (a) Notwithstanding Section |
|
841.103(c), on motion by the attorney representing the state, the |
|
court shall require a committed person to appear via closed-circuit |
|
video teleconferencing at a hearing on the modification of civil |
|
commitment requirements under Section 841.082 or a hearing under |
|
Subchapter F or G. |
|
(b) A recording of a hearing conducted as provided by |
|
Subsection (a) shall be made and preserved with the court's record |
|
of the hearing. |
|
Sec. 841.153. STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION; NECESSARY |
|
DOCUMENTATION. (a) On the release of a committed person from a |
|
correctional facility, secure correctional facility, or secure |
|
detention facility, as those terms are defined by Section 841.151, |
|
the office shall: |
|
(1) determine whether the person has: |
|
(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or |
|
522, Transportation Code; or |
|
(B) a valid personal identification certificate |
|
issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and |
|
(2) if the person does not have a valid license or |
|
certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Department |
|
of Public Safety on behalf of the person a request for the issuance |
|
of a personal identification certificate under Chapter 521, |
|
Transportation Code. |
|
(b) The office shall submit a request under Subsection |
|
(a)(2) as soon as practicable. |
|
(c) The office, the Department of Public Safety, and the |
|
vital statistics unit of the Department of State Health Services |
|
shall adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes their |
|
respective responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a |
|
personal identification certificate to a committed person, |
|
including responsibilities related to verification of the person's |
|
identity. The memorandum of understanding must require the |
|
Department of State Health Services to electronically verify the |
|
birth record of a committed person whose name and any other personal |
|
information is provided by the office and to electronically report |
|
the recorded filing information to the Department of Public Safety |
|
to validate the identity of a committed person under this section. |
|
(d) The office shall reimburse the Department of Public |
|
Safety or the Department of State Health Services, as applicable, |
|
for the actual costs incurred by those agencies in performing |
|
responsibilities established under this section. The office may |
|
charge a committed person for the actual costs incurred under this |
|
section or for the fees required by Section 521.421, Transportation |
|
Code. |
|
SECTION 26. Section 1.07(a), Penal Code, is amended by |
|
adding Subdivision (8-a) to read as follows: |
|
(8-a) "Civil commitment facility" means a facility |
|
owned, leased, or operated by the state, or by a vendor under |
|
contract with the state, that houses only persons who have been |
|
civilly committed as sexually violent predators under Chapter 841, |
|
Health and Safety Code. |
|
SECTION 27. Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by |
|
amending Subsections (b-1) and (f) and adding Subsection (b-2) to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an offense under |
|
Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the third degree if the offense is |
|
committed: |
|
(1) while the actor is committed to a civil commitment |
|
facility; and |
|
(2) against: |
|
(A) an officer or employee of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office: |
|
(i) while the officer or employee is |
|
lawfully discharging an official duty at a civil commitment |
|
facility; or |
|
(ii) in retaliation for or on account of an |
|
exercise of official power or performance of an official duty by the |
|
officer or employee; or |
|
(B) a person who contracts with the state to |
|
perform a service in a civil commitment facility or an employee of |
|
that person: |
|
(i) while the person or employee is engaged |
|
in performing a service within the scope of the contract, if the |
|
actor knows the person or employee is authorized by the state to |
|
provide the service; or |
|
(ii) in retaliation for or on account of the |
|
person's or employee's performance of a service within the scope of |
|
the contract. |
|
(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(2), an offense under |
|
Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second degree if: |
|
(1) the offense is committed against a person whose |
|
relationship to or association with the defendant is described by |
|
Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code; |
|
(2) it is shown on the trial of the offense that the |
|
defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this |
|
chapter, Chapter 19, or Section 20.03, 20.04, or 21.11 against a |
|
person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is |
|
described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code; |
|
and |
|
(3) the offense is committed by intentionally, |
|
knowingly, or recklessly impeding the normal breathing or |
|
circulation of the blood of the person by applying pressure to the |
|
person's throat or neck or by blocking the person's nose or mouth. |
|
(f) For the purposes of Subsections (b)(2)(A) and (b-2)(2) |
|
[(b-1)(2)]: |
|
(1) a defendant has been previously convicted of an |
|
offense listed in those subsections committed against a person |
|
whose relationship to or association with the defendant is |
|
described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code, if |
|
the defendant was adjudged guilty of the offense or entered a plea |
|
of guilty or nolo contendere in return for a grant of deferred |
|
adjudication, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense |
|
was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the |
|
defendant was subsequently discharged from community supervision; |
|
and |
|
(2) a conviction under the laws of another state for an |
|
offense containing elements that are substantially similar to the |
|
elements of an offense listed in those subsections is a conviction |
|
of the offense listed. |
|
SECTION 28. The heading to Section 22.11, Penal Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 22.11. HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN [CORRECTIONAL] |
|
FACILITIES; HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT. |
|
SECTION 29. Sections 22.11(a) and (e), Penal Code, are |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to |
|
assault, harass, or alarm, the person: |
|
(1) while imprisoned or confined in a correctional or |
|
detention facility, causes another person to contact the blood, |
|
seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, |
|
any other person, or an animal; [or] |
|
(2) while committed to a civil commitment facility, |
|
causes: |
|
(A) an officer or employee of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal |
|
fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other person, or an |
|
animal: |
|
(i) while the officer or employee is |
|
lawfully discharging an official duty at a civil commitment |
|
facility; or |
|
(ii) in retaliation for or on account of an |
|
exercise of official power or performance of an official duty by the |
|
officer or employee; or |
|
(B) a person who contracts with the state to |
|
perform a service in the facility or an employee of that person to |
|
contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or |
|
feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal: |
|
(i) while the person or employee is engaged |
|
in performing a service within the scope of the contract, if the |
|
actor knows the person or employee is authorized by the state to |
|
provide the service; or |
|
(ii) in retaliation for or on account of the |
|
person's or employee's performance of a service within the scope of |
|
the contract; or |
|
(3) causes another person the actor knows to be a |
|
public servant to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, |
|
saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other person, or an animal |
|
while the public servant is lawfully discharging an official duty |
|
or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of the public |
|
servant's official power or performance of an official duty. |
|
(e) For purposes of Subsection (a)(3) [(a)(2)], the actor is |
|
presumed to have known the person was a public servant if the person |
|
was wearing a distinctive uniform or badge indicating the person's |
|
employment as a public servant. |
|
SECTION 30. The heading to Section 38.11, Penal Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 38.11. PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES AND ITEMS IN CORRECTIONAL |
|
OR CIVIL COMMITMENT FACILITY. |
|
SECTION 31. Sections 38.11(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (i), |
|
Penal Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A person commits an offense if the person provides, or |
|
possesses with the intent to provide: |
|
(1) an alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or |
|
dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility |
|
or civil commitment facility, except on the prescription of a |
|
practitioner; |
|
(2) a deadly weapon to a person in the custody of a |
|
correctional facility or civil commitment facility; |
|
(3) a cellular telephone or other wireless |
|
communications device or a component of one of those devices to a |
|
person in the custody of a correctional facility; |
|
(4) money to a person confined in a correctional |
|
facility; or |
|
(5) a cigarette or tobacco product to a person |
|
confined in a correctional facility, except that if the facility is |
|
a local jail regulated by the Commission on Jail Standards, the |
|
person commits an offense only if providing the cigarette or |
|
tobacco product violates a rule or regulation adopted by the |
|
sheriff or jail administrator that: |
|
(A) prohibits the possession of a cigarette or |
|
tobacco product by a person confined in the jail; or |
|
(B) places restrictions on: |
|
(i) the possession of a cigarette or |
|
tobacco product by a person confined in the jail; or |
|
(ii) the manner in which a cigarette or |
|
tobacco product may be provided to a person confined in the jail. |
|
(b) A person commits an offense if the person takes an |
|
alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or dangerous drug into a |
|
correctional facility or civil commitment facility. |
|
(c) A person commits an offense if the person takes a |
|
controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or |
|
controlled by a correctional facility or civil commitment facility. |
|
(d) A person commits an offense if the person: |
|
(1) possesses a controlled substance or dangerous drug |
|
while in a correctional facility or civil commitment facility or on |
|
property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility or |
|
civil commitment facility; or |
|
(2) possesses a deadly weapon while in a correctional |
|
facility or civil commitment facility. |
|
(e) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under |
|
Subsection (b), (c), or (d)(1) that the person possessed the |
|
alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or dangerous drug |
|
pursuant to a prescription issued by a practitioner or while |
|
delivering the beverage, substance, or drug to a warehouse, |
|
pharmacy, or practitioner on property owned, used, or controlled by |
|
the correctional facility or civil commitment facility. It is an |
|
affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (d)(2) that the |
|
person possessing the deadly weapon is a peace officer or is an |
|
officer or employee of the correctional facility or civil |
|
commitment facility who is authorized to possess the deadly weapon |
|
while on duty or traveling to or from the person's place of |
|
assignment. |
|
(i) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under |
|
Subsection (b) that the actor: |
|
(1) is a duly authorized member of the clergy with |
|
rights and privileges granted by an ordaining authority that |
|
includes administration of a religious ritual or ceremony requiring |
|
the presence or consumption of an alcoholic beverage; and |
|
(2) takes four ounces or less of an alcoholic beverage |
|
into a [the] correctional facility and personally consumes all of |
|
the alcoholic beverage or departs from the facility with any |
|
portion of the beverage not consumed. |
|
SECTION 32. Section 46.035(b), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(b) A license holder commits an offense if the license |
|
holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun |
|
under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, |
|
regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a |
|
shoulder or belt holster, on or about the license holder's person: |
|
(1) on the premises of a business that has a permit or |
|
license issued under Chapter 25, 28, 32, 69, or 74, Alcoholic |
|
Beverage Code, if the business derives 51 percent or more of its |
|
income from the sale or service of alcoholic beverages for |
|
on-premises consumption, as determined by the Texas Alcoholic |
|
Beverage Commission under Section 104.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code; |
|
(2) on the premises where a high school, collegiate, |
|
or professional sporting event or interscholastic event is taking |
|
place, unless the license holder is a participant in the event and a |
|
handgun is used in the event; |
|
(3) on the premises of a correctional facility; |
|
(4) on the premises of a hospital licensed under |
|
Chapter 241, Health and Safety Code, or on the premises of a nursing |
|
facility licensed under Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, unless |
|
the license holder has written authorization of the hospital or |
|
nursing facility administration, as appropriate; |
|
(5) in an amusement park; [or] |
|
(6) on the premises of a church, synagogue, or other |
|
established place of religious worship; or |
|
(7) on the premises of a civil commitment facility. |
|
SECTION 33. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, is amended to read |
|
as follows: |
|
(a) This section applies only to: |
|
(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by |
|
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) a county jailer as defined by Section 1701.001, |
|
Occupations Code; |
|
(3) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
|
Justice; |
|
(4) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
|
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
|
(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section |
|
71.004, Family Code, if as a result of the act of family violence |
|
against the victim, the actor is convicted of a felony or a Class A |
|
misdemeanor; |
|
(6) a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a |
|
federal judge or state judge; |
|
(7) a current or former employee of a district |
|
attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal |
|
attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child |
|
protective services matters; |
|
(8) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
|
and corrections department established under Chapter 76, |
|
Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) |
|
of that code; |
|
(9) a criminal investigator of the United States as |
|
described by Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(10) a police officer or inspector of the United |
|
States Federal Protective Service; |
|
(11) a current or former United States attorney or |
|
assistant United States attorney and the spouse and child of the |
|
attorney; |
|
(12) a current or former employee of the office of the |
|
attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
|
the duties of which involve law enforcement; |
|
(13) a medical examiner or person who performs |
|
forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or |
|
more political subdivisions of this state; |
|
(14) a current or former member of the United States |
|
armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the |
|
United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 |
|
U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United |
|
States are or have engaged in combat; |
|
(15) a current or former employee of the Texas |
|
Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of |
|
the department; |
|
(16) a current or former juvenile probation or |
|
supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
|
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
|
under Title 12, Human Resources Code; [and] |
|
(17) a current or former employee of a juvenile |
|
justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section |
|
261.405, Family Code; and |
|
(18) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or |
|
a division of the office. |
|
SECTION 34. Section 521.101(h), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(h) The department shall automatically revoke each personal |
|
identification certificate issued by the department to a person |
|
who: |
|
(1) is subject to the registration requirements of |
|
Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
|
(2) fails to apply to the department for renewal of the |
|
personal identification certificate as required by Article 62.060 |
|
or 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable. |
|
SECTION 35. Section 521.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) A personal identification certificate issued under this |
|
section, including a renewal, duplicate, or corrected certificate, |
|
expires on the first birthday of the certificate holder occurring |
|
after the date of application, except that: |
|
(1) the initial certificate issued under this section |
|
expires on the second birthday of the certificate holder occurring |
|
after the date of application, subject to Subdivision (2); and |
|
(2) a certificate issued under this section to a |
|
person described by Article 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
expires on the sixth anniversary of the date on which the |
|
certificate was issued. |
|
SECTION 36. Section 521.272(c), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 521.271 and 521.2711, a |
|
driver's license issued under this section, including a renewal, |
|
duplicate, or corrected license, expires: |
|
(1) if the license holder is a citizen, national, or |
|
legal permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee |
|
lawfully admitted into the United States, on the first birthday of |
|
the license holder occurring after the date of application, except |
|
that: |
|
(A) the initial license issued under this section |
|
expires on the second birthday of the license holder occurring |
|
after the date of application, subject to Paragraph (B); and [or] |
|
(B) a license issued under this section to a |
|
person described by Article 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
expires on the sixth anniversary of the date on which the license |
|
was issued; or |
|
(2) if the applicant is not described by Subdivision |
|
(1), on the earlier of: |
|
(A) the expiration date of the applicant's |
|
authorized stay in the United States; or |
|
(B) as applicable: |
|
(i) the first birthday of the license |
|
holder occurring after the date of application; |
|
(ii) if the license holder holds an initial |
|
license issued under this section, [except that the initial license
|
|
issued under this section expires on] the second birthday of the |
|
license holder occurring after the date of application; or |
|
(iii) if the license holder is a person |
|
described by Article 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, the sixth |
|
anniversary of the date on which the license was issued. |
|
SECTION 37. Section 521.348(a), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) A driver's license is automatically revoked if the |
|
holder of the license: |
|
(1) is subject to the registration requirements of |
|
Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
|
(2) fails to apply to the department for renewal of the |
|
license as required by Article 62.060 or 62.2021, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, as applicable. |
|
SECTION 38. Section 521.421(a-1), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(a-1) The fee for a personal identification certificate |
|
issued under Section 501.0165, Government Code, or Section 841.153, |
|
Health and Safety Code, is $5. |
|
SECTION 39. Section 522.033(b), Transportation Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 522.013 and 522.051, a |
|
commercial driver's license issued under this section, including a |
|
renewal, duplicate, or corrected license, expires on the first |
|
birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of |
|
application, except that: |
|
(1) the initial license issued under this section |
|
expires on the second birthday of the license holder occurring |
|
after the date of application, subject to Subdivision (2); and |
|
(2) a license issued under this section to a person |
|
described by Article 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, expires |
|
on the fifth anniversary of the date on which the license was |
|
issued. |
|
SECTION 40. The following provisions are repealed: |
|
(1) Sections 420A.009(b) and (c), Government Code; and |
|
(2) Section 841.141(b), Health and Safety Code. |
|
SECTION 41. Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
|
amended by this Act, applies only to a personal bond that is |
|
executed on or after the effective date of this Act. A personal |
|
bond executed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
|
the law in effect when the personal bond was executed, and the |
|
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|
SECTION 42. Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
|
amended by this Act, applies to any person who, on or after the |
|
effective date of this Act, is required to register under that |
|
chapter, regardless of whether the offense or conduct for which the |
|
person is required to register occurs before, on, or after the |
|
effective date of this Act. |
|
SECTION 43. Sections 552.117(a) and 552.1175(a), |
|
Government Code, and Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by |
|
this Act, apply only to a request for information that is received |
|
by a governmental body or an officer for public information on or |
|
after the effective date of this Act. A request for information |
|
that was received before the effective date of this Act is governed |
|
by the law in effect on the date the request was received, and the |
|
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
|
SECTION 44. If a civil commitment requirement imposed under |
|
Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code, before the effective date of |
|
this Act differs from any of the civil commitment requirements |
|
listed in Section 841.082, Health and Safety Code, as amended by |
|
this Act, the applicable court with jurisdiction over the committed |
|
person shall, after notice and hearing by submission, modify the |
|
requirement imposed as applicable to conform to that section. |
|
SECTION 45. Section 841.0834(e), Health and Safety Code, as |
|
added by this Act, applies only to a petition filed on or after the |
|
effective date of this Act. A petition filed before the effective |
|
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the petition |
|
was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|
purpose. |
|
SECTION 46. Sections 22.01, 22.11, 38.11, and 46.035, Penal |
|
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an offense committed on |
|
or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed |
|
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
|
effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is |
|
continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
|
an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
|
any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
|
SECTION 47. The members of the board of the Texas Civil |
|
Commitment Office serving on the effective date of this Act may draw |
|
lots or use another method to determine the members who shall serve |
|
terms that expire as provided by Section 420A.002(c), Government |
|
Code, as amended by this Act, in 2019, 2021, or 2023, respectively. |
|
The members of the board appointed to succeed the members serving on |
|
the effective date of this Act shall serve six-year terms. |
|
SECTION 48. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |