Sec. 411.1473.  DNA RECORDS OF CERTAIN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS AND TERRORIST OFFENDERS.  (a)  This section applies only to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b)  The department by rule shall require a law enforcement agency serving as a person's primary registration authority under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure, to:
(1)  take one or more specimens from a person described by Subsection (a) for the purpose of creating a DNA record; and
(2)  preserve the specimen and maintain a record of the collection of the specimen.
(c)  A law enforcement agency taking a specimen under this section may either send the specimen to the director or send to the director an analysis of the specimen performed by a laboratory chosen by the agency and approved by the director.
(d)  A law enforcement agency is not required to take and a person is not required to provide a specimen under this section if the person is required to and has provided a specimen under this chapter or other law.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 1.05, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.