By: West S.B. No. 1241
(Jackson)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain courts to access information in the
juvenile justice information system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 58.106, Family Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(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;
(4) to the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas
Juvenile Probation Commission for analytical purposes; [and]
(5) to the office of independent ombudsman of the
Texas Youth Commission; and
(6) to a county, justice, or municipal court
exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile under Section 54.021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.