Texas Family Code - Section 58.0072. Dissemination Of Juvenile Justice Information
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§ 58.0072. DISSEMINATION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
INFORMATION. (a) Except as provided by this section, juvenile
justice information collected and maintained by the Texas Juvenile
Probation Commission for statistical and research purposes is
confidential information for the use of the commission and may not
be disseminated by the commission.
(b) Juvenile justice information consists of information of
the type described by Section 58.104, including statistical data in
any form or medium collected, maintained, or submitted to the Texas
Juvenile Probation Commission under Section 141.044, Human
Resources Code.
(c) The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may grant the
following entities access to juvenile justice information for
research and statistical purposes or for any other purpose approved
by the commission:
(1) criminal justice agencies as defined by Section
411.082, Government Code;
(2) the Texas Education Agency;
(3) any agency under the authority of the Health and
Human Services Commission; or
(4) a public or private university.
(d) The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may grant the
following entities access to juvenile justice information only for
a purpose approved by the commission:
(1) a person working on a research or statistical
project that:
(A) is funded in whole or in part by state funds;
or
(B) meets the requirements of 28 C.F.R. Part 22
and is approved by the commission; or
(2) a governmental entity that has a specific
agreement with the commission, if the agreement:
(A) specifically authorizes access to
information;
(B) limits the use of information to the purposes
for which the information is given;
(C) ensures the security and confidentiality of
the information; and
(D) provides for sanctions if a requirement
imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated.
(e) The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission shall grant
access to juvenile justice information for legislative purposes
under Section 552.008, Government Code.
(f) The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission may not release
juvenile justice information in identifiable form, except for
information released under Subsection (c)(1), (2), or (3) or under
the terms of an agreement entered into under Subsection (d)(2). For
purposes of this subsection, identifiable information means
information that contains a juvenile offender's name or other
personal identifiers or that can, by virtue of sample size or other
factors, be reasonably interpreted as referring to a particular
juvenile offender.
(g) The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission is not required
to release or disclose juvenile justice information to any person
not identified under this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 949, § 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 58.0022 58.003 58.005 58.0051 58.006 58.007 58.0071 58.0072 58.101 58.102 58.103 58.104 58.105 58.106 58.107
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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