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Amend CSHB 1658 by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION
to the bill to read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS
of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 61, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 61.075 to read as follows:
Art. 61.075. RIGHT TO REQUEST EXISTENCE OF CRIMINAL
INFORMATION. (a) A person or the parent or guardian of a child may
request a law enforcement agency to determine whether the agency
has collected or is maintaining under this chapter criminal
information relating solely to the person or child. The law
enforcement agency shall respond to the request not later than the
10th business day after the date the agency receives the request.
(b) Before responding to a request under Subsection (a), a
law enforcement agency may require reasonable written verification
of the identity of the person making the request and the
relationship between the parent or guardian and the child, if
applicable, including written verification of an address, date of
birth, driver's license number, state identification card number,
or social security number.