Section 841.003 - Sexually Violent Predator(a) A person is a sexually violent predator for the purposes of this chapter if the person: (1) is a repeat sexually violent offender; and(2) suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.(b) A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the purposes of this chapter if the person is convicted of more than one sexually violent offense and a sentence is imposed for at least one of the offenses or if: (1) the person: (A) is convicted of a sexually violent offense, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the person was subsequently discharged from community supervision;(B) enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for a sexually violent offense in return for a grant of deferred adjudication; or(C) is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct constituting a sexually violent offense and is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04(d)(3) or (m), Family Code; and(2) after the date on which under Subdivision (1) the person is convicted, receives a grant of deferred adjudication, or is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct, the person commits a sexually violent offense for which the person is convicted, but only if the sentence for the offense is imposed.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 845,Sec. 2, eff. 6/17/2015.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1323,Sec. 9, eff. 12/1/2013.Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 4.01, eff. 9/1/1999.