Texas Family Code - Section 58.102. Juvenile Justice Information System

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§ 58.102. JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM.  (a) The 
department is responsible for recording data and maintaining a 
database for a computerized juvenile justice information system 
that serves:
		(1)  as the record creation point for the juvenile 
justice information system maintained by the state;  and
		(2)  as the control terminal for entry of records, in 
accordance with federal law, rule, and policy, into the federal 
records system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
	(b)  The department shall develop and maintain the system 
with the cooperation and advice of the:
		(1)  Texas Youth Commission;                                                  
		(2)  Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;                                     
		(3)  Criminal Justice Policy Council;  and                                    
		(4)  juvenile courts and clerks of juvenile courts.                           
	(c)  The department may not collect or retain information 
relating to a juvenile if this chapter prohibits or restricts the 
collection or retention of the information.
	(d)  The database must contain the information required by 
this subchapter.  
	(e)  The department shall designate the offense codes and has 
the sole responsibility for designating the state identification 
number for each juvenile whose name appears in the juvenile justice 
system.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.           

Last modified: August 10, 2007