| 1 | 1 | | By: Whitmire S.B. No. 670 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Turner of Harris) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the copying of certain records and files relating to a |
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| 8 | 8 | | child who is a party to a juvenile proceeding. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 58.007, Family Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) Except as provided by Article 15.27, Code of Criminal |
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| 13 | 13 | | Procedure, the records and files of a juvenile court, a clerk of |
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| 14 | 14 | | court, a juvenile probation department, or a prosecuting attorney |
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| 15 | 15 | | relating to a child who is a party to a proceeding under this title |
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| 16 | 16 | | may be inspected or copied [are open to inspection] only by: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the judge, probation officers, and professional |
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| 18 | 18 | | staff or consultants of the juvenile court; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) a juvenile justice agency as that term is defined |
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| 20 | 20 | | by Section 58.101; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) an attorney for a party to the proceeding; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) a public or private agency or institution |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing supervision of the child by arrangement of the juvenile |
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| 24 | 24 | | court, or having custody of the child under juvenile court order; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) with leave of the juvenile court, any other |
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| 26 | 26 | | person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in the |
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| 27 | 27 | | proceeding or in the work of the court. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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