# Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.001: DEFINITIONS > Texas · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.001 ## Section - **Citation:** Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.001 - **Heading:** DEFINITIONS - **Jurisdiction:** Texas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 65 / Section 65.001 ## Text 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. Section 2332b(g)(5); (C) an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section 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. ## Nearby sections - [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.001 § 65.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.001.md) - [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.002 § 65.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.002.md) - [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.003 § 65.003. DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.003.md) - [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.004 § 65.004. DETERMINATION REGARDING PRIMARY REGISTRATION AUTHORITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.004.md) - [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.005 § 65.005. CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C65_S65.005.md) - [Tex. 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