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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of |
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victims from juvenile court records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 58.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 58.004. REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE |
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INFORMATION. Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing any |
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juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this |
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chapter or other law, the custodian of the record or file must |
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redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of |
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the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for |
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supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct |
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occurred, unless the information is necessary for an agency to |
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provide services to the victim or for law enforcement purposes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to information and documents |
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relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the |
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conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |