88R6431 PRL-F
By: Rose H.B. No. 1184
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to access to criminal history record information for use
in certain research or statistical projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.083(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The department shall grant access to criminal history
record information to:
(1) criminal justice agencies;
(2) noncriminal justice agencies authorized by
federal statute or executive order or by state statute to receive
criminal history record information;
(3) the person who is the subject of the criminal
history record information;
(4) a person, including a research organization or
public or private institution of higher education, working on a
research or statistical project that is related to the
administration of criminal justice and approved by the department
and that:
(A) is funded in whole or in part by a criminal
justice grant or government [state] funds; or
(B) meets the requirements of Part 22, Title 28,
Code of Federal Regulations[, and is approved by the department];
(5) an individual or an agency that has a specific
agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide services
required for the administration of criminal justice under that
agreement, if the agreement:
(A) specifically authorizes access to
information;
(B) limits the use of information to the purposes
for which it is given;
(C) ensures the security and confidentiality of
the information;
(D) provides for sanctions if a requirement
imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
(E) requires the individual or agency to perform
the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
(6) an individual or an agency that has a specific
agreement with a noncriminal justice agency to provide services
related to the use of criminal history record information
disseminated under this subchapter, if the agreement:
(A) specifically authorizes access to
information;
(B) limits the use of information to the purposes
for which it is given;
(C) ensures the security and confidentiality of
the information;
(D) provides for sanctions if a requirement
imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
(E) requires the individual or agency to perform
the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
(7) a county or district clerk's office; and
(8) the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
Judicial System.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.