Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.153. Registration Of Workers Or Students At Institutions Of Higher Education

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Art. 62.153. REGISTRATION OF WORKERS OR STUDENTS AT 
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a) Not later than the later of 
the seventh day after the date on which the person begins to work or 
attend school or the first date the applicable authority by policy 
allows the person to register, a person required to register under 
Article 62.152 or any other provision of this chapter who is 
employed, carries on a vocation, or is a student at a public or 
private institution of higher education in this state shall report 
that fact to:
	(1)  the authority for campus security for that institution;  
or             
	(2)  if an authority for campus security for that institution 
does not exist, the local law enforcement authority of:
	(A)  the municipality in which the institution is located;  
or               
	(B)  the county in which the institution is located, if the 
institution is not located in a municipality.
	(b)  A person described by Subsection (a) shall provide the 
authority for campus security or the local law enforcement 
authority with all information the person is required to provide 
under Article 62.051(c).
	(c)  A person described by Subsection (a) shall notify the 
authority for campus security or the local law enforcement 
authority not later than the seventh day after the date of 
termination of the person's status as a worker or student at the 
institution.
	(d)  The authority for campus security or the local law 
enforcement authority shall promptly forward to the administrative 
office of the institution any information received from the person 
under this article and any information received from the department 
under Article 62.005.
	(e)  Subsection (a)(2) does not require a person to register 
with a local law enforcement authority if the person is otherwise 
required by this chapter to register with that authority.
	(f)  This article does not impose the requirements of public 
notification or notification to public or private primary or 
secondary schools on:
	(1)  an authority for campus security;  or                                     
	(2)  a local law enforcement authority, if those 
requirements relate to a person about whom the authority is not 
otherwise required by this chapter to make notifications.
	(g)  Notwithstanding Article 62.059, the requirements of 
this article supersede those of Article 62.059 for a person 
required to register under both this article and Article 62.059.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
2005.     

Last modified: August 10, 2007