Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.B. No. 1184
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to access to criminal history record information for use
6	6	in certain research or statistical projects.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 411.083(b), Government Code, is amended
9	9	to read as follows:
10	10	(b) The department shall grant access to criminal history
11	11	record information to:
12	12	(1) criminal justice agencies;
13	13	(2) noncriminal justice agencies authorized by
14	14	federal statute or executive order or by state statute to receive
15	15	criminal history record information;
16	16	(3) the person who is the subject of the criminal
17	17	history record information;
18	18	(4) a person, including a research organization or
19	19	public or private institution of higher education, working on a
20	20	research or statistical project that is related to the
21	21	administration of criminal justice and approved by the department
22	22	and that:
23	23	(A) is funded in whole or in part by a criminal
24	24	justice grant or government [state] funds; or
25	25	(B) meets the requirements of Part 22, Title 28,
26	26	Code of Federal Regulations[, and is approved by the department];
27	27	(5) an individual or an agency that has a specific
28	28	agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide services
29	29	required for the administration of criminal justice under that
30	30	agreement, if the agreement:
31	31	(A) specifically authorizes access to
32	32	information;
33	33	(B) limits the use of information to the purposes
34	34	for which it is given;
35	35	(C) ensures the security and confidentiality of
36	36	the information;
37	37	(D) provides for sanctions if a requirement
38	38	imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
39	39	(E) requires the individual or agency to perform
40	40	the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
41	41	(6) an individual or an agency that has a specific
42	42	agreement with a noncriminal justice agency to provide services
43	43	related to the use of criminal history record information
44	44	disseminated under this subchapter, if the agreement:
45	45	(A) specifically authorizes access to
46	46	information;
47	47	(B) limits the use of information to the purposes
48	48	for which it is given;
49	49	(C) ensures the security and confidentiality of
50	50	the information;
51	51	(D) provides for sanctions if a requirement
52	52	imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
53	53	(E) requires the individual or agency to perform
54	54	the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
55	55	(7) a county or district clerk's office; and
56	56	(8) the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
57	57	Judicial System.
58	58	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
59	59	______________________________ ______________________________
60	60	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
61	61	I certify that H.B. No. 1184 was passed by the House on April
62	62	28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 23, 2 present, not
63	63	voting.
64	64	______________________________
65	65	Chief Clerk of the House
66	66	I certify that H.B. No. 1184 was passed by the Senate on May
67	67	18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5.
68	68	______________________________
69	69	Secretary of the Senate
70	70	APPROVED: _____________________
71	71	Date
72	72	_____________________
73	73	Governor