Texas Family Code - Section 58.106. Confidentiality
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§ 58.106. CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this section, information contained in the juvenile
justice information system is confidential information for the use
of the department and may not be disseminated by the department
except:
(1) with the permission of the juvenile offender, to
military personnel of this state or the United States;
(2) to a person or entity to which the department may
grant access to adult criminal history records as provided by
Section 411.083, Government Code;
(3) to a juvenile justice agency; and
(4) to the Criminal Justice Policy Council, the Texas
Youth Commission, and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission for
analytical purposes.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a document maintained
by a juvenile justice agency that is the source of information
collected by the department.
(c) The department may, if necessary to protect the welfare
of the community, disseminate to the public the following
information relating to a juvenile who has escaped from the custody
of the Texas Youth Commission or from another secure detention or
correctional facility:
(1) the juvenile's name, including other names by
which the juvenile is known;
(2) the juvenile's physical description, including
sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars,
marks, and tattoos;
(3) a photograph of the juvenile; and
(4) a description of the conduct for which the
juvenile was committed to the Texas Youth Commission or detained in
the secure detention or correctional facility, including the level
and degree of the alleged offense.
(d) The department may, if necessary to protect the welfare
of the community, disseminate to the public the information listed
under Subsection (c) relating to a juvenile offender when notified
by a law enforcement agency of this state that the law enforcement
agency has been issued a directive to apprehend the offender or an
arrest warrant for the offender or that the law enforcement agency
is otherwise authorized to arrest the offender and that the
offender is suspected of having:
(1) committed a felony offense under the following
provisions of the Penal Code:
(A) Title 5;
(B) Section 29.02; or
(C) Section 29.03; and
(2) fled from arrest or apprehension for commission of
the offense.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, § 53, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 380, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 407, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, § 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 58.0071 58.0072 58.101 58.102 58.103 58.104 58.105 58.106 58.107 58.108 58.109 58.110 58.111 58.112 58.113
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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