Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 65.006 — CENTRAL DATABASE
CR § 65.006Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 65. TERRORIST OFFENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAM · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall maintain a computerized central database containing the information required for registration under this chapter.
(b)Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), (g), (h), and (i), the information contained in the database is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. Information from the database that is received by an entity under Subsection (d), (e), (g), (h), or (i) is confidential and not subject to disclosure by the entity.
(c)The department shall maintain in the database any photograph of the person that is available, including through the process for obtaining or renewing a personal identification certificate or driver's license under Section 521.103 or 521.272, Transportation Code, and shall update the photographs in the database annually or as photographs otherwise become available.
(d)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.
(e)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.
(f)For the purposes of Subsections (d) and (e):
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.