Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.057. Status Report By Supervising Officer Or Local Law Enforcement Authority

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Art. 62.057. STATUS REPORT BY SUPERVISING OFFICER OR LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.  (a) If the juvenile probation officer, 
community supervision and corrections department officer, or 
parole officer supervising a person subject to registration under 
this chapter receives information to the effect that the person's 
status has changed in any manner that affects proper supervision of 
the person, including a change in the person's name, physical 
health, job or educational status, including higher educational 
status, incarceration, or terms of release, the supervising officer 
shall promptly notify the appropriate local law enforcement 
authority or authorities of that change.  If the person required to 
register intends to change address, the supervising officer shall 
notify the local law enforcement authorities designated by Article 
62.055(b).  Not later than the seventh day after the date the 
supervising officer receives the relevant information, the 
supervising officer shall notify the local law enforcement 
authority of any change in the person's job or educational status in 
which the person:
	(1)  becomes employed, begins to carry on a vocation, or 
becomes a student at a particular public or private institution of 
higher education;  or
	(2)  terminates the person's status in that capacity.                          
	(b)  Not later than the seventh day after the date of the 
change, a person subject to registration under this chapter shall 
report to the local law enforcement authority designated as the 
person's primary registration authority by the department any 
change in the person's name, physical health, or job or educational 
status, including higher educational status.
	(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b):                                           
	(1)  a person's job status changes if the person leaves 
employment for any reason, remains employed by an employer but 
changes the location at which the person works, or begins 
employment with a new employer;
	(2)  a person's health status changes if the person is 
hospitalized as a result of an illness;
	(3)  a change in a person's educational status includes the 
person's transfer from one educational facility to another;  and
	(4)  regarding a change of name, notice of the proposed name 
provided to a local law enforcement authority as described by 
Sections 45.004 and 45.103, Family Code, is sufficient, except that 
the person shall promptly notify the authority of any denial of the 
person's petition for a change of name.
	(d)  Not later than the seventh day after the date the local 
law enforcement authority receives the relevant information, the 
local law enforcement authority shall notify the department of any 
change in the person's job or educational status in which the 
person:
	(1)  becomes employed, begins to carry on a vocation, or 
becomes a student at a particular public or private institution of 
higher education;  or
	(2)  terminates the person's status in that capacity.                          

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1415, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  
Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 19, Sec. 1, eff. 
Sept. 1, 2001;  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 8, 
eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 4, see Art. 
62.05, post.  Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 62.05 and 
amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2005.

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