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Texas Family Code - Section 58.302. Purposes Of System

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§ 58.302. PURPOSES OF SYSTEM.  The purposes of a local 
juvenile justice information system are to:
		(1)  provide accurate information at the county or 
regional level relating to children who come into contact with the 
juvenile justice system;
		(2)  assist in the development and delivery of services 
to children in the juvenile justice system;
		(3)  assist in the development and delivery of services 
to children:        
			(A)  who school officials have reasonable cause to 
believe have committed an offense for which a report is required 
under Section 37.015, Education Code;  or
			(B)  who have been expelled, the expulsion of 
which school officials are required to report under Section 52.041;
		(4)  provide for an efficient transmission of juvenile 
records from justice and municipal courts to county juvenile 
probation departments and the juvenile court and from county 
juvenile probation departments and juvenile court to the state 
juvenile justice information system created by Subchapter B;
		(5)  provide efficient computerized case management 
resources to juvenile courts, county juvenile probation 
departments, and partner agencies authorized by this subchapter;
		(6)  provide a directory of services available to 
children to the partner agencies to facilitate the delivery of 
services to children;
		(7)  provide an efficient means for municipal and 
justice courts to report filing of charges, adjudications, and 
dispositions of juveniles to the juvenile court as required by 
Section 51.08;  and
		(8)  provide a method for agencies to fulfill their 
duties under Section 58.108, including the electronic transmission 
of information required to be sent to the Department of Public 
Safety by Section 58.110(f).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.       

Last modified: August 11, 2007