Section 42.016 - Special Driver's License Or Identification Requirements For Certain Sex OffendersIf a person is convicted of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court shall:
(1) issue an order requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety to include in any driver's license record or personal identification certificate record maintained by the department for the person: (A) an indication that the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62; and (B) if applicable, an indication that the person is subject to registration because the person was convicted of an offense involving human trafficking under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; (2) require the person to apply to the Texas Department of Public Safety in person for an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the person is released or the date the department sends written notice to the person of the requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable, and to annually renew the license or certificate; (3) notify the person of the consequence of the conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the order issued under this article; and (4) send to the Texas Department of Public Safety a copy of the record of conviction, a copy of the order granting deferred adjudication, or a copy of the juvenile adjudication, as applicable, and a copy of the order issued under this article. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 42.016
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 93,Sec. 5.01, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008, Sec. 2.01, eff. 9/1/2005.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1401, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2000.