Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.251 · Subchapter F. PRESENTENCE AND POSTSENTENCE REPORTS AND EVALUATIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Council" means the Council on Sex Offender Treatment.
(2) "Sex offender" means a person who has been convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for, an offense under any one of the following provisions of the Penal Code:
(A) Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), if the person committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually;
(B) Section 21.08 (Indecent Exposure);
(C) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
(D) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault);
(E) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
(F) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct);
(G) Section 30.02 (Burglary), if:
(i) the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section; and
(ii) the person committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in this subdivision;
(H) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child); or
(I) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of Child Pornography).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42A.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.08ALLEGATION OF OWNERSHIP.Printed as Section 21.08
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.11CERTAINTY; WHAT SUFFICIENT.Printed as Section 21.11
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 25.02SERVICE AND RETURN.Printed as Section 25.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 30.02DISTRICT JUDGE DISQUALIFIED.Printed as Section 30.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 43.25BODY OF CONVICT.Printed as Section 43.25
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 43.26PREVENTING RESCUE.Printed as Section 43.26
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