Section 42.018 - Notice Provided By Clerk of Court(a) This article applies only to: (1) conviction or deferred adjudication community supervision granted on the basis of an offense for which a conviction or grant of deferred adjudication community supervision requires the defendant to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62; (2) conviction of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, if the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time the offense was committed; or (3) conviction or deferred adjudication community supervision granted on the basis of an offense under Section 43.24, Penal Code. (b) Not later than the fifth day after the date a person who holds a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is convicted or granted deferred adjudication on the basis of an offense, the clerk of the court in which the conviction or deferred adjudication is entered shall provide to the State Board for Educator Certification written notice of the person's conviction or deferred adjudication, including the offense on which the conviction or deferred adjudication was based.(c) Not later than the fifth day after the date a person who is employed by a private school is convicted or granted deferred adjudication on the basis of an offense, the clerk of the court in which the conviction or deferred adjudication is entered shall provide to the chief administrative officer of the private school at which the person is employed written notice of the person's conviction or deferred adjudication, including the offense on which the conviction or deferred adjudication was based.(d) In this article, "private school" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 42.018
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1129,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 986,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 178,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 920, Sec. 2, eff. 6/20/2003.