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CHAPTER 402
1 AN ACT 2 relating to prohibiting a sex offender from owning or serving in 3 certain capacities on behalf of a sexually oriented business; 4 creating an offense and providing a penalty. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 6 SECTION 1i. Title 4, Business & Commerce Code, is amended by 7 adding Chapter 46 to read as follows: 8 CHAPTER 46. SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES 9 Sec. 46.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: 10 (1) "Sex offender" means a person who has been 11 convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for an offense for 12 which a person is subject to registration under Chapter 62, Code of 13 Criminal Procedure. 14 (2) "Sexually oriented business" has the meaning 15 assigned by Section 243.002, Local Government Code. 16 Sec. 46.002. PROHIBITION ON OWNERSHIP, OPERATION, OR 17 MANAGEMENT BY OR EMPLOYMENT OF SEX OFFENDER. (a) A sex offender may 18 not own wholly or partly or serve as a director, officer, operator, 19 manager, or employee of a sexually oriented business. 20 (b) A sexually oriented business may not contract with a 21 person to operate or manage the business as an independent 22 contractor or employ a person as an officer, operator, manager, or 23 other employee if the business knows the person is a sex offender. 24 Sec. 46.003. INJUNCTION. (a) The attorney general or the
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 155, Chapter 402,
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June 20, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
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