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Amend HB 2884 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION _____. (a) Section 58.005(b), Family Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This section does not apply to information collected
under Section 58.104 or under Subchapter D-1.
(b) Chapter 58, Family Code, is amended by adding Subchapter
D-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D-1. REPORTS ON COUNTY INTERNET WEBSITES
Sec. 58.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only
to a county with a population of 600,000 or more.
Sec. 58.352. INFORMATION POSTED ON COUNTY WEBSITE. (a) A
juvenile court judge in a county to which this subchapter applies
shall post a report on the Internet website of the county in which
the court is located. The report must include:
(1) the total number of children committed by the
judge to a correctional facility operated by the Texas Youth
Commission; and
(2) for each child committed to a facility described
by Subdivision (1):
(A) a general description of the offense
committed by the child or the conduct of the child that led to the
child's commitment to the facility;
(B) the year the child was committed to the
facility; and
(C) the age range, race, and gender of the child.
(b) Not later than the 10th day following the first day of
each quarter, a juvenile court judge shall update the information
posted on a county Internet website under Subsection (a).
Sec. 58.353. CONFIDENTIALITY. A record posted on a county
Internet website under this subchapter may not include any
information that personally identifies a child.
(c) The changes in law made by this section apply only to a
child committed to a correctional facility operated by the Texas
Youth Commission on or after January 1, 2008.