Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
IMMUNITY FOR RELEASE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department, a penal institution, a local law enforcement authority, or an authority for campus security may release to the public information regarding a person required to register under this chapter only if the information is public information under this chapter.
(b) An individual, agency, entity, or authority is not liable under Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or any other law for damages arising from conduct authorized by Subsection (a).
(c) For purposes of determining liability, the release or withholding of information by an appointed or elected officer of an agency, entity, or authority is a discretionary act.
(d) A private primary or secondary school, public or private institution of higher education, or administrator of a private primary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education may release to the public information regarding a person required to register under this chapter only if the information is public information under this chapter and is released to the administrator under Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153. A private primary or secondary school, public or private institution of higher education, or administrator of a private primary or secondary school or public or private institution of higher education is not liable under any law for damages arising from conduct authorized by this subsection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
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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.62.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.005CENTRAL DATABASE; PUBLIC INFORMATION.Printed as Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.053PRERELEASE NOTIFICATION.Printed as Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.054CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING NOTICE TO SUPERINTENDENT OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.Printed as Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.055CHANGE OF ADDRESS; LACK OF ADDRESS.Printed as Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.153REGISTRATION OF WORKERS OR STUDENTS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.Printed as Article 62.005, 62.053, 62.054, 62.055, or 62.153
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