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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain courts to access information in the |
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juvenile justice information system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 58.106, Family Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, |
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information contained in the juvenile justice information system is |
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confidential information for the use of the department and may not |
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be disseminated by the department except: |
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(1) with the permission of the juvenile offender, to |
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military personnel of this state or the United States; |
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(2) to a person or entity to which the department may |
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grant access to adult criminal history records as provided by |
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Section 411.083, Government Code; |
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(3) to a juvenile justice agency; |
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(4) to the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas |
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Juvenile Probation Commission for analytical purposes; [and] |
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(5) to the office of independent ombudsman of the |
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Texas Youth Commission; and |
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(6) to a county, justice, or municipal court |
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exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile under Section 54.021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |