Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.051. Information In Computerized Criminal History System

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Art. 60.051. INFORMATION IN COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY 
SYSTEM.  (a) Information in the computerized criminal history 
system relating to an offender must include:
	(1)  the offender's name, including other names by which the 
offender is known;
	(2)  the offender's date of birth;                                             
	(3)  the offender's physical description, including sex, 
weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, 
marks, and tattoos;  and
	(4)  the offender's state identification number.                               
	(b)  Information in the computerized criminal history system 
relating to an arrest must include:
	(1)  the name of the offender;                                                 
	(2)  the offender's state identification number;                               
	(3)  the arresting agency;                                                     
	(4)  the arrest charge by offense code and incident number;                    
	(5)  whether the arrest charge is a misdemeanor or felony;                     
	(6)  the date of the arrest;                                                   
	(7)  the exact disposition of the case by a law enforcement 
agency following the arrest;  and
	(8)  the date of disposition of the case by the law 
enforcement agency.      
	(c)  Information in the computerized criminal history system 
relating to a prosecution must include:
	(1)  each charged offense by offense code and incident 
number;               
	(2)  the level of the offense charged or the degree of the 
offense charged for each offense in Subdivision (1) of this 
subsection;  and
	(3)  for a rejected case, the date of rejection, offense 
code, and incident number, and whether the rejection is a result of 
a successful pretrial diversion program.
	(d)  Information in the computerized criminal history system 
relating to the disposition of a case that was not rejected must 
include:
	(1)  the final pleading to each charged offense and the level 
of the offense; 
	(2)  a listing of each charged offense disposed of by the 
court and:         
	(A)  the date of disposition;                                                  
	(B)  the offense code for the disposed charge and incident 
number;  and      
	(C)  the type of disposition;  and                                             
	(3)  for a conviction that is appealed the final court 
decision and the final disposition of the offender on appeal.
	(e)  Information in the computerized criminal history system 
relating to sentencing must include for each sentence:
	(1)  the sentencing date;                                                      
	(2)  the sentence for each offense by offense code and 
incident number;      
	(3)  if the offender was sentenced to confinement:                             
	(A)  the agency that receives custody of the offender;                         
	(B)  the length of sentence for each offense;  and                             
	(C)  if multiple sentences were ordered, whether they were 
ordered to be served consecutively or concurrently; 
	(4)  if the offender was sentenced to a fine, the amount of 
the fine;        
	(5)  if a sentence to confinement or fine was ordered but was 
deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed:
	(A)  the length of sentence or the amount of the fine that was 
deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed;  and
	(B)  the offender's name, offense code, and incident number;  
and            
	(6)  if a sentence other than fine or confinement was 
ordered, a description of the sentence ordered.
	(f)  The department shall maintain in the computerized 
criminal history system any information the department maintains in 
the central database under Article 62.005.

Renumbered from art. 60.05(b) to (f) and amended by Acts 1990, 71st 
Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.  Subsec. (a) 
amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 
1993;  Subsec. (f) added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 14, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Subsec. (f) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., 
ch. 668, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Subsec. (f) amended by Acts 
2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 2.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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