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.