87R6712 MCF-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1154
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissemination of confidential information
contained in the juvenile justice information system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 58.106(a), 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 criminal justice agency as defined by Section
411.082, Government Code;
(3) to a noncriminal justice agency authorized by
federal statute or federal executive order to receive juvenile
justice record information;
(4) to a juvenile justice agency;
(5) to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(6) to the office of independent ombudsman of the
Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(7) to a district, county, justice, or municipal court
exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile; and
(8) to the Department of Family and Protective
Services or the Health and Human Services Commission as provided by
Section 411.114, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.