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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain information in the computerized criminal |
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history system and the use of that information for reintegration |
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services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 60.051(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Information in the computerized criminal history system |
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relating to an offender must include: |
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(1) the offender's name, including other names by |
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which the offender is known; |
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(2) the offender's date of birth; |
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(3) the offender's physical description, including |
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sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, |
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marks, and tattoos; [and] |
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(4) the offender's state identification number; and |
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(5) the offender's social security number, if any. |
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SECTION 2. Section 501.097, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) To ensure the efficient provision and evaluation of |
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reintegration services, the department shall obtain and verify and |
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provide to the Texas Workforce Commission the social security |
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number, if any, of each inmate described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 3. (a) Article 60.051(a), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies only to an entry made in |
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the computerized criminal history system regarding an offender on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An entry made in the |
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computerized criminal history system before the effective date of |
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this Act is covered by the law in effect on the date the entry was |
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made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) Section 501.097(c), Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to an inmate who is released on parole or other |
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conditional release on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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inmate released before the effective date of this Act is covered by |
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the law in effect on the date the inmate was released, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |