Tex. Gov't Code § 411.154 · Subchapter G. DNA DATABASE SYSTEM
ENFORCEMENT BY COURT ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the request of the director, a district or county attorney or the attorney general may petition a district court for an order requiring a person to:
(1) comply with this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter; or
(2) refrain from acting in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter.
(b) The court may issue an order requiring a person:
(1) to act in compliance with this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter;
(2) to refrain from acting in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter;
(3) to provide a DNA sample; or
(4) if the person has already provided a DNA sample, to provide another sample if good cause is shown.
(c) An order issued under this section is appealable as a criminal matter and if appealed is to be reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1224 (H.B. 1068), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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