Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.403
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.403, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 62.403. INDIVIDUAL RISK ASSESSMENT.
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(a) The council by rule shall establish, develop, or adopt an individual risk assessment tool or a group of individual risk assessment tools that:
(1) evaluates the criminal history of a person required to register under this chapter; and
(2) seeks to predict:
(A) the likelihood that the person will engage in criminal activity that may result in the person receiving a second or subsequent reportable adjudication or conviction; and
(B) the continuing danger, if any, that the person poses to the community.
(b) On the written request of a person with a single reportable adjudication or conviction that appears on the list published under Article 62.402(b), the council shall:
(1) evaluate the person using the individual risk assessment tool or group of individual risk assessment tools established, developed, or adopted under Subsection (a); and
(2) provide to the person a written report detailing the outcome of an evaluation conducted under Subdivision (1).
(c) An individual risk assessment provided to a person under this subchapter is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(1) evaluates the criminal history of a person required to register under this chapter; and
(2) seeks to predict:
(A) the likelihood that the person will engage in criminal activity that may result in the person receiving a second or subsequent reportable adjudication or conviction; and
(B) the continuing danger, if any, that the person poses to the community.
(b) On the written request of a person with a single reportable adjudication or conviction that appears on the list published under Article 62.402(b), the council shall:
(1) evaluate the person using the individual risk assessment tool or group of individual risk assessment tools established, developed, or adopted under Subsection (a); and
(2) provide to the person a written report detailing the outcome of an evaluation conducted under Subdivision (1).
(c) An individual risk assessment provided to a person under this subchapter is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
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