Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.01. Definitions
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Art. 60.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Administration of criminal justice" means the
performance of any of the following activities: detection,
apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release,
prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or
rehabilitation of an offender. The term includes criminal
identification activities and the collection, storage, and
dissemination of criminal history record information.
(2) "Appeal" means the review of a decision of a lower court
by a superior court other than by collateral attack.
(3) "Computerized criminal history system" means the data
base containing arrest, disposition, and other criminal history
maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
(4) "Corrections tracking system" means the data base
maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on all
offenders under its supervision.
(5) "Council" means the Criminal Justice Policy Council.
(6) "Criminal justice agency" means a federal or state
agency that is engaged in the administration of criminal justice
under a statute or executive order and allocates a substantial part
of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.
(7) "Criminal justice information system" means the
computerized criminal history system and the corrections tracking
system.
(8) "Disposition" means an action that results in the
termination, transfer to another jurisdiction, or indeterminate
suspension of the prosecution of a criminal charge.
(9) "Incident number" means a unique number assigned to a
specific person during a specific arrest.
(10) "Offender" means any person who is assigned an incident
number.
(11) "Offense code" means a numeric code for each offense
category.
(12) "Rejected case" means:
(A) a charge that, after the arrest of the offender, the
prosecutor declines to include in an information or present to a
grand jury; or
(B) an information or indictment that, after the arrest of
the offender, the prosecutor refuses to prosecute.
(13) "Release" means the termination of jurisdiction over
an individual by the criminal justice system.
(14) "State identification number" means a unique number
assigned by the Department of Public Safety to each person whose
name appears in the criminal justice information system.
(15) "Uniform incident fingerprint card" means a multiple
part form containing a unique incident number with space for
information relating to the charge or charges for which a person is
being arrested, the person's fingerprints, and other information
relevant to the arrest.
(16) "Electronic means" means the transmission of data
between word processors, data processors, or similar automated
information equipment over dedicated cables, commercial lines, or
other similar methods of transmission.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28,
eff. June 18, 1990. Subd. (16) added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch.
790, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch.
1025, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Article: 59.08 59.09 59.10 59.11 59.12 59.13 59.14 60.01 60.02 60.03 60.04 60.05 60.051 60.052 60.06
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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