Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.06. Duties Of Agencies

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Art. 60.06. DUTIES OF AGENCIES.  (a) Each criminal justice 
agency shall:     
	(1)  compile and maintain records needed for reporting data 
required by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the 
Department of Public Safety;
	(2)  transmit to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and 
the Department of Public Safety, when and in the manner the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety 
direct, all data required by the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice and the Department of Public Safety;
	(3)  give the Department of Public Safety and the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice or their accredited agents access to 
the agency for the purpose of inspection to determine the 
completeness and accuracy of data reported;
	(4)  cooperate with the Department of Public Safety and the 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice so that the Department of 
Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may 
properly and efficiently perform their duties under this chapter;  
and
	(5)  cooperate with the Department of Public Safety and the 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to identify and eliminate 
redundant reporting of information to the criminal justice 
information system.
	(b)  Information on an individual that consists of an 
identifiable description and notation of an arrest, detention, 
indictment, information, or other formal criminal charge and a 
disposition of the charge, including sentencing, correctional 
supervision, and release that is collected and compiled by the 
Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice from criminal justice agencies and maintained in a central 
location is not subject to public disclosure except as authorized 
by federal or state law or regulation.
	(c)  Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a 
document maintained by a criminal justice agency that is the source 
of information collected by the Department of Public Safety or the 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  Each criminal justice agency 
shall retain documents described by this subsection.
	(d)  An optical disk or other technology may be used instead 
of microfilm as a medium to store information if allowed by the 
applicable state laws or regulations relating to the archiving of 
state agency information.
	(e)  An official of an agency may not intentionally conceal 
or destroy any record with intent to violate this section.
	(f)  The duties imposed on a criminal justice agency under 
this article are also imposed on district court and county court 
clerks.

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;  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., 
ch. 750, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.

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