Tex. Gov't Code § 420A.012 · Chapter 420A. TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE
FAMILY LIAISON OFFICER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The office may designate an employee to serve as a family liaison officer. The family liaison officer may, as the office determines appropriate:
(1) facilitate the continuation and maintenance of ties between a civilly committed sex offender and the offender's family members who are supportive of the offender's participation in the treatment and supervision program;
(2) notify an offender regarding emergencies concerning the offender's family and provide the offender with other necessary information related to the offender's family; and
(3) assist in resolving problems that may affect permitted contact with an offender.
(b) Before each required quarterly meeting of the board, a family liaison officer designated under this section may provide an update to the board regarding the officer's activities.
(c) This section does not:
(1) require the office to designate a family liaison officer; or
(2) guarantee to a civilly committed sex offender or family member of an offender any additional right or privilege that is not already required by state or federal law.
(d) In implementing this section, the office may adopt any policy or impose any limitation the office considers necessary.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.420A.htm
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