Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.402. Determination Of Minimum Required Registration Period

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Art. 62.402. DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM REQUIRED REGISTRATION 
PERIOD.   (a) The council by rule shall determine the minimum 
required registration period under 42 U.S.C. Section 14071 (Jacob 
Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender 
Registration Program) for each reportable conviction or 
adjudication under this chapter, if this state is to receive the 
maximum amount of federal money available to a state as described by 
that law.
	(b)  After determining the minimum required registration 
period for each reportable conviction or adjudication under 
Subsection (a), the council shall compile and publish a list of 
reportable convictions or adjudications for which a person must 
register under this chapter for a period that exceeds the minimum 
required registration period under federal law.
	(c)  To the extent possible, the council shall periodically 
verify with the Bureau of Justice Assistance or another appropriate 
federal agency the accuracy of the list of reportable convictions 
or adjudications described by Subsection (b).

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

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