By Lucio S.B. No. 1455
77R235 QS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the dissemination of certain information relating to a
1-3 juvenile.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 58.106(d), Family Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (d) The department shall [may, if necessary to protect the
1-8 welfare of the community,] disseminate to the public the
1-9 information listed under Subsection (c) relating to a juvenile
1-10 offender when notified by a law enforcement agency of this state
1-11 that the law enforcement agency has been issued a directive to
1-12 apprehend the offender or an arrest warrant for the offender or
1-13 that the law enforcement agency is otherwise authorized to arrest
1-14 the offender and that the offender is suspected of having:
1-15 (1) committed a felony offense under the following
1-16 provisions of the Penal Code:
1-17 (A) Title 5;
1-18 (B) Section 29.02; or
1-19 (C) Section 29.03; and
1-20 (2) fled from arrest or apprehension for commission of
1-21 the offense.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-23 applies only to the dissemination of information based on
1-24 notification by a law enforcement agency on or after that date.