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AN ACT
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relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of |
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victims from juvenile court records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 58.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 58.004. REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE |
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INFORMATION. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing |
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any juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this |
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chapter or other law, the custodian of the record or file must |
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redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of |
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the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for |
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supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct |
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occurred. |
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(b) This section does not apply to information that is: |
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(1) necessary for an agency to provide services to the |
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victim; |
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(2) necessary for law enforcement purposes; or |
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(3) shared within the statewide juvenile information |
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and case management system established under Subchapter E. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to information and documents |
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relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the |
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conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 4003 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |