Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.005. Central Database; Public Information
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Art. 62.005. CENTRAL DATABASE; PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The
department shall maintain a computerized central database
containing the information required for registration under this
chapter. The department may include in the computerized central
database the numeric risk level assigned to a person under this
chapter.
(b) The information contained in the database, including
the numeric risk level assigned to a person under this chapter, is
public information, with the exception of any information:
(1) regarding the person's social security number, driver's
license number, or telephone number;
(2) that is required by the department under Article
62.051(c)(7); or
(3) that would identify the victim of the offense for which
the person is subject to registration.
(c) Notwithstanding Chapter 730, Transportation Code, the
department shall maintain in the database, and shall post on any
department website related to the database, any photograph of the
person that is available through the process for obtaining or
renewing a personal identification certificate or driver's license
under Section 521.103 or 521.272, Transportation Code. The
department shall update the photograph in the database and on the
website annually or as the photograph otherwise becomes available
through the renewal process for the certificate or license.
(d) A local law enforcement authority shall release public
information described under Subsection (b) to any person who
requests the information from the authority. The authority may
charge the person a fee not to exceed the amount reasonably
necessary to cover the administrative costs associated with the
authority's release of information to the person under this
subsection.
(e) 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. The
department shall provide the notice required by this subsection as
the applicable licensing information becomes available through the
person's registration or verification of registration.
(f) 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.
(g) For the purposes of Subsections (e) and (f):
(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.
(h) 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
62.058, the department shall send notice of any person required to
register under this chapter who is or will be employed, carrying on
a vocation, or a student at a public or private institution of
higher education in this state to:
(1) for an institution in this state:
(A) the authority for campus security for that institution;
or
(B) if an authority for campus security for that institution
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 at that institution.
(i) On the written request of an institution of higher
education described by Subsection (h) 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.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Article: 61.09 61.10 61.11 62.001 62.002 62.003 62.004 62.005 62.006 62.007 62.008 62.009 62.010 62.051 62.052
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