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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.03. Interagency Cooperation; Confidentiality

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Art. 60.03. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION;  CONFIDENTIALITY.  (a) 
Criminal justice agencies, the Legislative Budget Board, and the 
council are entitled to access to the data bases of the Department 
of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the 
Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice in accordance with applicable state or federal law or 
regulations.  The access granted by this subsection does not grant 
an agency, the Legislative Budget Board, or the council the right to 
add, delete, or alter data maintained by another agency.
	(b)  The council or the Legislative Budget Board may submit 
to the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation 
Commission, the Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice an annual request for a data file containing data 
elements from the departments' systems.  The Department of Public 
Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the Texas Youth 
Commission, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall 
provide the council and the Legislative Budget Board with that data 
file for the period requested, in accordance with state and federal 
law and regulations.  If the council submits data file requests 
other than the annual data file request, the director of the agency 
maintaining the requested records must approve the request.  The 
Legislative Budget Board may submit data file requests other than 
the annual data file request without the approval of the director of 
the agency maintaining the requested records.
	(c)  Neither a criminal justice agency, the council, nor the 
Legislative Budget Board may disclose to the public information in 
an individual's criminal history record if the record is protected 
by state or federal law or regulation.

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;  Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 741, Sec. 1, eff. June 
17, 2005.

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