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Texas Government Code - Section 552.029. Right Of Access To Certain Information Relating To Inmate Of Department Of Criminal Justice

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§ 552.029. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION 
RELATING TO INMATE OF DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL 
JUSTICE.  Notwithstanding Section 508.313 or 552.134, the 
following information about an inmate who is confined in a facility 
operated by or under a contract with the Texas Department of 
Criminal Justice is subject to required disclosure under Section 
552.021:
		(1)  the inmate's name, identification number, age, 
birthplace, department photograph, physical description, or 
general state of health or the nature of an injury to or critical 
illness suffered by the inmate;
		(2)  the inmate's assigned unit or the date on which the 
unit received the inmate, unless disclosure of the information 
would violate federal law relating to the confidentiality of 
substance abuse treatment;
		(3)  the offense for which the inmate was convicted or 
the judgment and sentence for that offense;
		(4)  the county and court in which the inmate was 
convicted;                
		(5)  the inmate's earliest or latest possible release 
dates;                
		(6)  the inmate's parole date or earliest possible 
parole date;             
		(7)  any prior confinement of the inmate by the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice or its predecessor;  or
		(8)  basic information regarding the death of an inmate 
in custody, an incident involving the use of force, or an alleged 
crime involving the inmate.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 783, § 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999;  
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 21.002(7), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1271, § 1, eff. June 18, 
2005.

Last modified: August 11, 2007