11.   The law is modeled after the New Jersey statute, and it requires convicted sex offenders to register their addresses with the state on being released from prison.

12.   The Justice Department on Friday gave the states three years to set up programs requiring convicted sex offenders to register with local police.

13.   The most serious designation, sexual predator, requires an offender to register for the rest of his life with local sheriffs who must then notify neighbors.

14.   The state continues to require sex offenders to register, and even though its list is no longer available to the public, police have access to it.

15.   They also work to keep track of sex offenders already registered.

16.   Would require convicted sex offenders to register with the state upon release from prison and would provide for notification to the community in which the offenders reside.

17.   Laws since then provide that released sex offenders must register with the police and be supervised by parole officers.

18.   Laws since then say released sex offenders must register with the police and be supervised by parole officers.

19.   Texas law requires offenders to register with local law enforcement agencies and have their names and photos posted on the Internet.

20.   The law requires convicted sex offenders to register with police in files that must be open to the public.