Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 65.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 65.001
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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. § 2332b(g)(5);
(C) an offense under 18 U.S.C. § 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.