By Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 2089
77R8257 DAK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the use of juvenile records by a court for certain
1-3 sentencing decisions.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 58.106(a), Family Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section,
1-8 information contained in the juvenile justice information system is
1-9 confidential information for the use of the department and may not
1-10 be disseminated by the department except:
1-11 (1) with the permission of the juvenile offender, to
1-12 military personnel of this state or the United States;
1-13 (2) to a person or entity to which the department may
1-14 grant access to adult criminal history records as provided by
1-15 Section 411.083, Government Code;
1-16 (3) to a juvenile justice agency; [and]
1-17 (4) to the Criminal Justice Policy Council, the Texas
1-18 Youth Commission, and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for
1-19 analytical purposes; and
1-20 (5) to a judge hearing a criminal case in which the
1-21 defendant's juvenile record is necessary to assist the judge in
1-22 making a sentencing decision.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.