Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided April 7, 2003Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Joe Crabb Chair, Committee on Redistricting Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether a local government may broadcast information about registered sex offenders on a local cable television channel (RQ-0623-JC)
Dear Representative Crabb:
Your predecessor as Chair of the House Committee on Redistricting asked whether a local government may broadcast information about registered sex offenders on a local cable television channel.1
The Sex Offender Registration Program is detailed in chapter 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Chapter 62…