PROOF OF CONCEPT — full quality-of-life profile for Texas, 16 dimensions of the sex-offense registry regime. Ratings are researcher judgments from the registrant's perspective; each links its statute. NOT legal advice.

Texas — Registry Profile

Weighted burden index 68.2/100 · rank 7 of 56 (1 = least burdensome) · 10/16 dimensions statute-verified.

Legend: 🟢 favorable (less burden) · 🟠 moderate · 🔴 restrictive · ℹ️ context · ⚪ unknown. ✓ = statute-verified.

Dimension	Rating	Detail	Statute
Registration length	🔴 restrictive	Lifetime (duty ends at death) for sexually violent and enumerated offenses — most reportable convictions; only a limited set gets a 10-yr term — lifetime	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.101(a) ✓
Removal / petition off	🔴 restrictive	Early termination reaches only the few offenses on the DPS list whose Texas term exceeds the federal minimum, requires a single conviction plus a risk assessment and court approval — effectively unusable for most — ⚑ needs human review	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.402; art. 62.403 ✓
Individualized risk assessment	🟢 favorable	Yes — risk assessment used (Sex Offender Screening Tool), levels 1-3	n/a
In-person reporting frequency	🟠 moderate	Repeat offenders every 90 days; others yearly	62.058
Registration fee	🟢 favorable	No registration fee — Code of Criminal Procedure ch. 62 contains no article imposing a registration fee on registrants (a separate $50 fee exists only for filing a deregistration petition, not for registering)	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. ch. 62 (no fee provision) ✓
Residency restriction	🟠 moderate	No statewide distance restriction — Art. 62.064 bars only residing on a public/private college campus; there is no statutory statewide school/park buffer — local: common — many Texas home-rule cities impose 1,000-2,000 ft child-safety-zone residency ordinances (no statewide distance)	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.064 ✓
Employment restriction	🔴 restrictive	Prohibited employment cited	62.063
Presence / loitering restriction	🔴 restrictive	Restrictions on entry onto school premises	62.064
Visitor registration trigger	🟠 moderate	If in state 3+ times for 48+ hours within a month, must report before the last day of that month	62.059
Internet identifiers required	🔴 restrictive	Yes — registration form must include 'the identification of any online identifier established or used by the person' (Art. 62.051(c)(7))	62.051(c) ✓
Civil commitment	🔴 restrictive	Yes — civil commitment law cited	61.201; 61.202
Public website exposure	🔴 restrictive	DPS central database (including numeric risk level and photo) is public information for all adult registrants; only certain juveniles may be court-ordered nonpublic	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.005 ✓
Halloween / holiday restriction	🟠 moderate	No statewide statutory Halloween/holiday restriction; limits apply only as discretionary parole/supervision conditions under the child-safety-zone authority in Gov't Code § 508.187	Tex. Gov't Code § 508.187 (no Halloween-specific statute) ✓
Marked driver's license / ID	🟢 favorable	License is not branded — Transportation Code § 521.121 lists required license contents with no sex-offender designation; registrants must renew in person annually (CCP art. 62.060) but no visible mark is printed on the card	Tex. Transp. Code § 521.121; Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.060 ✓
Community notification (& who pays)	🔴 restrictive	Active notification for risk-level-3 registrants (DPS mails/delivers notices within 1 mile or 3 blocks; local LE may publish in a newspaper, hold neighborhood meetings, or distribute printed notices) AND the registrant must pay DPS's notification costs — registrant pays	Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.056 ✓
Age of consent (context)	ℹ️ context	17 — with close-in-age affirmative defense (actor not more than 3 years older and victim at least 14)	Tex. Penal Code § 22.011 (child = under 17); § 21.11 ✓

Source wiki page: Texas · compare with others via the index. Weighted index from the v1 model (weighted_score.py); weights encode NARSOL's judgment about everyday lived burden. Removal ratings and the weights need NARSOL/attorney sign-off before authoritative use.