Sec. 411.1473. DNA RECORDS OF CERTAIN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS. (a) This section applies only to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The department by rule shall require a law enforcement agency serving as a person's primary registration authority under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, to:
(1) take one or more specimens from a person described by Subsection (a) for the purpose of creating a DNA record; and
(2) preserve the specimen and maintain a record of the collection of the specimen.
(c) A law enforcement agency taking a specimen under this section may either send the specimen to the director or send to the director an analysis of the specimen performed by a laboratory chosen by the agency and approved by the director.
(d) A law enforcement agency is not required to take and a person is not required to provide a specimen under this section if the person is required to and has provided a specimen under this chapter or other law.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.05, eff. September 1, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Law Enforcement and Public Protection
Chapter 411 - Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
Subchapter G. DNA Database System
Section 411.144. Regulation of DNA Laboratories; Penalties
Section 411.147. Access to DNA Database Information
Section 411.1471. DNA Records of Persons Arrested for or Convicted of Certain Offenses
Section 411.1473. DNA Records of Certain Registered Sex Offenders
Section 411.148. Mandatory DNA Record
Section 411.149. Voluntary DNA Record
Section 411.151. Expunction or Removal of DNA Records