Tex.
Code of Crim. Proc. Article 65.001
Definitions
(1)
“Authority for campus security” means the authority with primary law enforcement jurisdiction over property under the control of a public or private institution of higher education.(2)
“Centralized registration authority” means a mandatory countywide registration location designated under Article 65.005 (Centralized Registration Authority).(3)
“Criminal justice official” means a chief of police of a municipality, sheriff, constable, county attorney with criminal jurisdiction, district attorney, or criminal district attorney.(4)
“Department” means the Department of Public Safety.(5)
“Extrajurisdictional registrant” means a person who is required to register as a terrorist under the laws of another state with which the department has entered into a reciprocal registration agreement.(6)
“Local law enforcement authority” means the office of the chief of police of a municipality, the office of the sheriff of a county in this state, or a centralized registration authority.(7)
“Officer” means a juvenile probation officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, or parole officer.(8)
“Penal institution” means:(A)
a confinement facility operated by or under contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;(B)
a confinement facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;(C)
a juvenile secure pre-adjudication or post-adjudication facility operated by or under a local juvenile probation department; or(D)
a county jail.(9)
“Released” means discharged, paroled, placed in a nonsecure community program for juvenile offenders, or placed on juvenile probation, community supervision, or mandatory supervision.(10)
“Reportable conviction or adjudication” means a conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of delinquent conduct or deferred adjudication, that, regardless of the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication for committing:(A)
an offense under Chapter 76 (Terroristic Offenses), Penal Code;(B)
an offense described by 18 U.S.C. Section 2332b(g)(5);(C)
an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section 2332f, 2332g, 2332h, or 2332i; or(D)
an offense against the Uniform Code of Military Justice, against a state or territory of the United States, or against a foreign country, where the offense contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense described by this subdivision.(11)
“Terrorist offender” means a person who has a reportable conviction or adjudication.
Source:
Article 65.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.65.htm#65.001 (accessed May 18, 2024).
