1. Texas Sex Offender Registration Program
Gary Richards
Sex Offender Registration Bureau – MSC 0230
Texas Department of Public Safety
PO Box 4143
Austin TX
(512)
TCJIUG Conference 2017

2. Stat Snapshot (April 2017) Texas Registry created in 1991.
Chapter 62, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure is the law that governs the Texas Sex Offender Registration Program.
Approximately 90,354 reported active registered sex offenders.
Risk Level
Civil Commitment 399
High
Moderate
Low
Not Reported
Verification Requirement
Monthly 399
Annual
Quarterly

3. Who has a duty to register?
“Reportable Conviction” occurring on or after 09/01/70
Reportable conviction is defined as a conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication for an offense that requires registration.
Length of duty to register ranges from post 10-years to life.

4. Condition of Supervision
Court or Board ordered requirement to register.
Duty to register ends when the person is discharged from supervision.
Extra-jurisdictional Registrant
A person who is required to register under the laws of:
Another state with which the Department has entered into a reciprocal registration agreement
Federal law or the Uniform Code of Military Justice
The laws of a foreign country;
And is not required otherwise to register under Texas law.
Duration of registration is for the length designated by Federal or Military law.

5. Condition of Interstate Compact Agreement
No reportable conviction;
No Court or Board Ordered requirement to register;
Registration will be required in Texas due to the sending state has a requirement for sex offender registration in the receiving state.

6. Information Tx Registrars Need to Initially Register a Person
Proof of identity from the registrant.
Proof of address.
Information on offense requiring registration
Offense Literal
Statute Citation
Date of Offense
Cause Numbers
Victim Information (Sex, Age, Relationship)
Disposition Date
Sentence
Discharge from Supervision Date (Documentation preferred)
Court documents are preferred. All documents submitted to the registry are archived in the registrant’s file when a person is identified as a sex offender registrant in the Registry.

7. Out of State, Out of Country, Federal and Military
Any person with a Conviction or an Adjudication of Delinquent Conduct on or after 09/01/70, and has an offense with “substantially similar” elements to any registrable Texas offense.
No Deferreds or Deferred Adjudications.
Statute designates the Department of Public Safety as the authority to make determinations of similar elements of offense for purposes of the registration law.

8. Determinations of Similar Elements of Offense
Determining whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the laws of this state.
DPS is required to provide listings of offenses that it has determined to be substantially similar
Appeal of any determination shall be brought in a District Court in Travis County, Tx.

9. Determinations are compiled by state or jurisdiction.
Determinations are published and accessible thru the DPS sponsored Sex Offender Registration Web Site.
Lists are updated as new determinations are made or case law requires an amendment to a previous offense determination.

16. Registration Events
Registration – Event that initially registers a person and a process that creates a record in the Texas Sex Offender Registry (SOR Web Site).
Verification – Event that confirms registration information with the local law enforcement and process that verifies the information is correct.
Monthly
Quarterly
Annually
Update – Process that maintains the information.
Changes in certain information required for registration

17. Duties Imposed Upon Registrant (General)
Register with the local law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction where ever they reside or intend to reside for more than 7 days.
Personally appear before that local law enforcement agency periodically and verify their registration.
Report any changes of address within 7 days.
Apply for an annual renewable DL/ID card.
Report certain status changes (name, health, job, educational, online identifiers) within 7 days.
Report attendance, employment or vocation at Institutions of Higher Educations.
Notify instances of certain worker or student (live in Tx but work or attend school in another state).

18. Penal Institution or Court Department of Public Safety
CR-32/CR-32PE
CR-35/OS/IS
Registration
CR-36
Photo
CR-35 Not./OS/IS
Notification
Police Dept /
Sheriff’s Office
Department of Public Safety
Secure/Public Web Sites
TCIC/NCIC
National Sex Offender Public Web Site

19. Non Texas Offense Registration
Police Dept or Sheriff’s Office
CR-32
CR-35/OS/IS
Registration
CR-36
Photo
Department of Public Safety
TCIC/NCIC
National Sex Offender Public Web Site
Secure/Public Web Sites

20. Interstate Relocation Notices
Fax: (512)
Portal Relocation Tasks
SON: TX
Mail: Sex Offender Registration Bureau – MSC 0230
Texas Department of Public Safety
PO Box 4143
Austin TX
All relocation notices received by DPS are forwarded to the respective local law enforcement agency affected by the notice.

21. SORNA Portal and Texas
Texas was one of the last states to participate in the use of the Portal.
Texas has integrated the Portal with the Texas Sex Offender Registry (database/web site).
Agencies who have access to the Registry are forwarded Relocation Tasks.
Agencies are able to respond to tasks.
Agencies can create Relocation Tasks on registrants leaving Texas to another jurisdiction.
Agencies can see their assigned tasks and search for other tasks.

23. Contact Information
Sex Offender Registration Bureau
Crime Records Service - MSC 0230
Texas Department of Public Safety
PO Box 4143
Austin, TX
General (512)
Fax (512)
Support Operations

24. Field Representatives (512) 424-2800

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