Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 38, Part 6.

SUBSTITUTE ADDRESS APPLICATION Present law provides that, generally, for the crime victim address confidentiality program, an adult person or a parent or fiduciary acting on behalf of a minor or person with a disability, may apply to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant to have an address designated by the secretary of state to serve as the person's substitute address, or the substitute address of the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is filed, where the applicant, or the individual on whose behalf the application is filed, has either: (1) Relocated to a new residence within the preceding 30 calendar days; or (2) Presently intends to relocate to a new residence within 90 calendar days from the date of the application. This bill adds to the above list for a person seeking a substitute address that the applicant or the individual on whose behalf the application is filed resides at an address not previously identified in any public record as the person's address. SWORN STATEMENT Present law provides that a substitute address application must contain a sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is made, has the present intent to move to a new address unknown to the offender within the following 90 calendar days. This bill adds that the sworn statement must state that the applicant either currently resides at an address unknown to the offender and not previously identified in any public record as the person's address or has the present intent to move to a new address unknown to the offender within the following 90 calendar days. CO-APPLICANT Present law provides that a co-applicant's application must contain a sworn statement by the co-applicant that the co-applicant intends to move with the applicant, or the child of the applicant or the person with a disability for whom the applicant serves as a fiduciary, to a new address unknown to the offender within the following 90 calendar days. This bill adds that a sworn statement by the co-applicant that the co-applicant intends to move with the applicant, or the child of the applicant or the person with a disability for whom the applicant serves as a fiduciary, to an address unknown to the offender and not previously identified in any public record as the address of the applicant or co-applicant or to a new address unknown to the offender within the following 90 calendar days. RENEWAL APPLICATION Present law provides that a program participant who continues to be eligible to participate in the program may renew the program participant's certification by submitting a renewal application to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant. The renewal application must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and must contain all of the information described for an application for a substitute address. This bill provides that a program participant may renew their certification by submitting a renewal application with or without the assistance of an application assistant. Additionally, this bill provides that a renewal application must contain all of the information described for an application for a substitute address except for the information regarding the following: (1) Documentary evidence that the applicant or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is made, has moved to a new residence unknown to the offender within the previous 30 calendar days; (2) A sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant, or the minor or person with a disability on whose behalf the application is made, has the present intent to move to a new address unknown to the offender within the following 90 calendar days or that they currently reside at an address unknown to the offender and not previously identified in any public record as the person's address; and (3) The notarized signature of the applicant, the name and notarized signature of the application assistant who assisted the applicant, and the date on which the applicant and the application assistant signed the application. This bill provides that a co-applicant who was under 18 when enrolled in the program, but who is at least 18 at the time the renewal application is submitted, may renew the co-applicant's participation in the program by submitting a renewal application to the secretary of state with the assistance of an application assistant. The renewal application must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and contain all of the information described for an application for a substitute address except for the information in (1) and (2) above.