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Texas Family Code - Section 58.301. Definitions

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§ 58.301. DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                                 
		(1)  "County juvenile board" means a juvenile board 
created under Chapter 152, Human Resources Code.
		(2)  "Governmental placement facility" means a 
juvenile residential placement facility operated by a unit of 
government.
		(3)  "Governmental service provider" means a juvenile 
justice service provider operated by a unit of government.
		(4)  "Local juvenile justice information system" means 
a county or multicounty computerized database of information 
concerning children, with data entry and access by the partner 
agencies that are members of the system.
		(5)  "Partner agency" means a governmental service 
provider or governmental placement facility that is authorized by 
this subchapter to be a member of a local juvenile justice 
information system or that has applied to be a member of a local 
juvenile justice information system and has been approved by the 
county juvenile board or regional juvenile board committee as a 
member of the system.
		(6)  "Regional juvenile board committee" means a 
committee that is composed of two members from each county juvenile 
board in a region that comprises a multicounty local juvenile 
information system.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.  Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 949, § 23, eff. Sept. 
1, 2005.

Last modified: August 11, 2007