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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the copying of certain records and files relating to a |
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child who is a party to a juvenile proceeding. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 58.007, Family Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Article 15.27, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, the records and files of a juvenile court, a clerk of |
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court, a juvenile probation department, or a prosecuting attorney |
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relating to a child who is a party to a proceeding under this title |
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may be inspected or copied [are open to inspection] only by: |
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(1) the judge, probation officers, and professional |
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staff or consultants of the juvenile court; |
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(2) a juvenile justice agency as that term is defined |
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by Section 58.101; |
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(3) an attorney for a party to the proceeding; |
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(4) a public or private agency or institution |
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providing supervision of the child by arrangement of the juvenile |
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court, or having custody of the child under juvenile court order; or |
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(5) with leave of the juvenile court, any other |
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person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in the |
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proceeding or in the work of the court. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |