| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. |
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| 8 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 264.408(d), Family Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 8 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 9 | | (d) A video recording of an interview of a child that is made |
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| 12 | 10 | | by [at] a center is the property of the prosecuting attorney |
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| 13 | 11 | | involved in the criminal prosecution of the case involving the |
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| 14 | 12 | | child. If no criminal prosecution occurs, the video recording is |
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| 15 | 13 | | the property of the attorney involved in representing the |
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| 16 | 14 | | department in a civil action alleging child abuse or neglect. If |
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| 17 | 15 | | the matter involving the child is not prosecuted, the video |
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| 18 | 16 | | recording is the property of the department if the matter is an |
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| 19 | 17 | | investigation by the department of abuse or neglect. If the |
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| 20 | 18 | | department is not investigating or has not investigated the matter, |
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| 21 | 19 | | the video recording is the property of the agency that referred the |
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| 22 | 20 | | matter to the center. [If the center employs a custodian of records |
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| 23 | 21 | | for video recordings of interviews of children, the center is |
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| 24 | 22 | | responsible for the custody of the video recording. A video |
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| 25 | 23 | | recording of an interview may be shared with other agencies under a |
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| 26 | 24 | | written agreement.] |
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| 27 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 26 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 60 passed the Senate on |
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| 29 | + | April 9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 32 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 60 passed the House on |
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| 33 | + | May 19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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| 34 | + | present not voting. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 37 | + | Approved: |
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| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | + | Date |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Governor |
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