Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.001
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.001, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 65.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(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.
(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, 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.
(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.
(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, 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.
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