Art. 61.03. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) A criminal justice agency may release on request information maintained under this chapter to:
(1) another criminal justice agency;
(2) a court; or
(3) a defendant in a criminal proceeding who is entitled to the discovery of the information under Chapter 39.
(b) A criminal justice agency or court may use information received under this article only for the administration of criminal justice. A defendant may use information received under this article only for a defense in a criminal proceeding.
(c) A local law enforcement agency described by Article 61.02(b) shall send to the department information compiled and maintained under this chapter.
(d) The department shall establish an intelligence database and shall maintain information received from an agency under Subsection (c) in the database in accordance with the policies established under 28 C.F.R. Section 23.1 et seq. and the submission criteria under Article 61.02(c).
(e) The department shall designate a code to distinguish criminal information contained in the intelligence database relating to a child from criminal information contained in the database relating to an adult offender.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Subsec. (d) added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 898, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Subsecs. (c), (d) amended by and Subsec. (e) added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1154, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 736 (S.B. 418), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
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