Texas Government Code 411.1473 – DNA Records of Certain Registered Sex Offenders and Terrorist Offenders
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(a) This section applies only to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62 or 65, 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 or 65, 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.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 411.1473
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.