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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dissemination of confidential information |
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contained in the juvenile justice information system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 58.106(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, |
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information contained in the juvenile justice information system is |
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confidential information for the use of the department and may not |
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be disseminated by the department except: |
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(1) with the permission of the juvenile offender, to |
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military personnel of this state or the United States; |
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(2) to a criminal justice agency as defined by Section |
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411.082, Government Code; |
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(3) to a noncriminal justice agency authorized by |
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federal statute or federal executive order to receive juvenile |
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justice record information; |
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(4) to a juvenile justice agency; |
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(5) to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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(6) to the office of independent ombudsman of the |
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Texas Juvenile Justice Department; |
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(7) to a district, county, justice, or municipal court |
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exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile; and |
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(8) to the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services or the Health and Human Services Commission as provided by |
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Section 411.114, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |