Amend HB 2884 on third reading (Senate committee printing) by
adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ___. Section 58.302, Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 58.302. PURPOSES OF SYSTEM. The purposes of a local
juvenile justice information system are to:
(1) provide accurate information at the county or
regional level relating to children who come into contact with the
juvenile justice system;
(2) assist in the development and delivery of services
to children in the juvenile justice system;
(3) assist in the development and delivery of services
to children:
(A) who school officials have reasonable cause to
believe have committed an offense for which a report is required
under Section 37.015, Education Code; or
(B) who have been expelled, the expulsion of
which school officials are required to report under Section 52.041;
(4) provide for an efficient transmission of juvenile
records from justice and municipal courts to county juvenile
probation departments and the juvenile court and from county
juvenile probation departments and juvenile court to the state
juvenile justice information system created by Subchapter B;
(5) provide efficient computerized case management
resources to juvenile courts, prosecutors, court clerks, county
juvenile probation departments, and partner agencies authorized by
this subchapter;
(6) provide a directory of services available to
children to the partner agencies to facilitate the delivery of
services to children;
(7) provide an efficient means for municipal and
justice courts to report filing of charges, adjudications, and
dispositions of juveniles to the juvenile court as required by
Section 51.08; and
(8) provide a method for agencies to fulfill their
duties under Section 58.108, including the electronic transmission
of information required to be sent to the Department of Public
Safety by Section 58.110(f).
SECTION ___. Section 58.303(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A local juvenile justice information system may contain
the following components:
(1) case management resources for juvenile courts,
court clerks, prosecuting attorneys, and county juvenile probation
departments;
(2) reporting systems to fulfill statutory
requirements for reporting in the juvenile justice system;
(3) service provider directories and indexes of
agencies providing services to children;
(4) victim-witness notices required under Chapter 57;
(5) electronic filing of complaints or petitions,
court orders, and other documents filed with the court, including
documents containing electronic signatures;
(6) electronic offense and intake processing;
(7) case docket management and calendaring;
(8) communications by email or other electronic
communications between partner agencies;
(9) reporting of charges filed, adjudications and
dispositions of juveniles by municipal and justice courts and the
juvenile court, and transfers of cases to the juvenile court as
authorized or required by Section 51.08;
(10) reporting to schools under Article 15.27, Code of
Criminal Procedure, by law enforcement agencies, prosecuting
attorneys, and juvenile courts;
(11) records of adjudications and dispositions,
including probation conditions ordered by the juvenile court; and
(12) warrant management and confirmation
capabilities.
SECTION ___. Section 58.304(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) To the extent possible and subject to Subsections (a)
and (d), the local juvenile justice information system may include
the following information for each juvenile taken into custody,
detained, or referred under this title:
(1) the juvenile's name, including other names by
which the juvenile is known;
(2) the juvenile's date and place of birth;
(3) the juvenile's physical description, including
sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars,
marks, and tattoos;
(4) the juvenile's state identification number and
other identifying information;
(5) the juvenile's fingerprints and photograph;
(6) the juvenile's last known residential address,
including the census tract number designation for the address;
(7) the name, address, and phone number of the
juvenile's parent, guardian, or custodian;
(8) the name and identifying number of the agency that
took into custody or detained the juvenile;
(9) each date of custody or detention;
(10) a detailed description of the conduct for which
the juvenile was taken into custody, detained, or referred,
including the level and degree of the alleged offense;
(11) the name and identifying number of the juvenile
intake agency or juvenile probation office;
(12) each disposition by the juvenile intake agency or
juvenile probation office;
(13) the date of disposition by the juvenile intake
agency or juvenile probation office;
(14) the name and identifying number of the
prosecutor's office;
(15) each disposition by the prosecutor;
(16) the date of disposition by the prosecutor;
(17) the name and identifying number of the court;
(18) each disposition by the court, including
information concerning custody of a juvenile by a juvenile justice
agency or county juvenile probation department;
(19) the date of disposition by the court;
(20) any commitment or release under supervision by
the Texas Youth Commission, including the date of the commitment or
release; [and]
(21) information concerning each appellate
proceeding; and
(22) electronic copies of all documents filed with the
court.
SECTION ___. Section 58.305(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A local juvenile justice information system shall to the
extent possible include the following partner agencies within that
county:
(1) the juvenile court and court clerk;
(2) justice of the peace and municipal courts;
(3) the county juvenile probation department;
(4) the prosecuting attorneys who prosecute juvenile
cases in juvenile court, municipal court, or justice court;
(5) law enforcement agencies;
(6) each public school district in the county;
(7) governmental service providers approved by the
county juvenile board; and
(8) governmental placement facilities approved by the
county juvenile board.
SECTION ___. Section 58.306(g), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) Level 3 Access is by:
(1) the juvenile court and court clerk;
(2) the prosecuting attorney;
(3) the county juvenile probation department;
(4) law enforcement agencies;
(5) governmental service providers that are partner
agencies; and
(6) governmental placement facilities that are
partner agencies.
SECTION ___. Sections 58.307(a) and (e), Family Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Information that is part of a local juvenile justice
information system is not public information and may not be
released to the public, except as authorized by law.
(e) Information in a local juvenile justice information
system, including electronic signature systems, shall be protected
from unauthorized access by a system of access security and any
access to information in a local juvenile information system
performed by browser software shall be at the level of at least
128-bit encryption. A juvenile board or a regional juvenile board
committee shall require all partner agencies to maintain security
and restrict access in accordance with the requirements of this
title.
SECTION ___. This Act applies to information and documents
relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the
conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after
the effective date of this Act.