CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

TITLE 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 60. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SYSTEM



Art. 60.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Administration of criminal justice" means the performance of any of the following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of an offender. The term includes criminal identification activities and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information.

(2) "Appeal" means the review of a decision of a lower court by a superior court other than by collateral attack.

(3) "Computerized criminal history system" means the data base containing arrest, disposition, and other criminal history maintained by the Department of Public Safety.

(4) "Corrections tracking system" means the data base maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on all offenders under its supervision.

(5) "Council" means the Criminal Justice Policy Council.

(6) "Criminal justice agency" means a federal or state agency that is engaged in the administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive order and allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice.

(7) "Criminal justice information system" means the computerized criminal history system and the corrections tracking system.

(8) "Disposition" means an action that results in the termination, transfer to another jurisdiction, or indeterminate suspension of the prosecution of a criminal charge.

(9) "Incident number" means a unique number assigned to a specific person during a specific arrest.

(10) "Offender" means any person who is assigned an incident number.

(11) "Offense code" means a numeric code for each offense category.

(12) "Rejected case" means:

(A) a charge that, after the arrest of the offender, the prosecutor declines to include in an information or present to a grand jury; or

(B) an information or indictment that, after the arrest of the offender, the prosecutor refuses to prosecute.

(13) "Release" means the termination of jurisdiction over an individual by the criminal justice system.

(14) "State identification number" means a unique number assigned by the Department of Public Safety to each person whose name appears in the criminal justice information system.

(15) "Uniform incident fingerprint card" means a multiple part form containing a unique incident number with space for information relating to the charge or charges for which a person is being arrested, the person's fingerprints, and other information relevant to the arrest.

(16) "Electronic means" means the transmission of data between word processors, data processors, or similar automated information equipment over dedicated cables, commercial lines, or other similar methods of transmission.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990. Subd. (16) added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.



Art. 60.02. INFORMATION SYSTEMS. (a) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is responsible for recording data and establishing and maintaining a data base for a corrections tracking system.

(b) The Department of Public Safety is responsible for recording data and maintaining a data base for a computerized criminal history system that serves as the record creation point for criminal history information maintained by the state.

(c) The criminal justice information system shall be established and maintained to supply the state with a system:

(1) that provides law enforcement officers with an accurate criminal history record depository;

(2) that provides criminal justice agencies with an accurate criminal history record depository for operational decision making;

(3) from which accurate criminal justice system modeling can be conducted;

(4) that improves the quality of data used to conduct impact analyses of proposed legislative changes in the criminal justice system; and

(5) that improves the ability of interested parties to analyze the functioning of the criminal justice system.

(d) The data bases must contain the information required by this chapter.

(e) The Department of Public Safety shall designate the offense codes and has the sole responsibility for designating the state identification number for each person whose name appears in the criminal justice information system.

(f) The Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall implement a system to link the computerized criminal history system and the corrections tracking system. Data received by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that is required by the Department of Public Safety for the preparation of a criminal history record shall be made available to the computerized criminal history system not later than the seventh day after the date on which the Texas Department of Criminal Justice receives the request for the data from the Department of Public Safety.

(g) The Department of Public Safety is responsible for the operation of the computerized criminal history system and shall develop the necessary interfaces in the system to accommodate inquiries from a statewide automated fingerprint identification system, if such a system is implemented by the department.

(h) Whenever possible, the reporting of information relating to dispositions and subsequent offender processing data shall be conducted electronically.

(i) The Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with advice from the council and the Department of Information Resources, shall develop biennial plans to improve the reporting and accuracy of the criminal justice information system and to develop and maintain monitoring systems capable of identifying missing information.

(j) At least once during each five-year period the council shall coordinate an examination of the records and operations of the criminal justice information system to ensure the accuracy and completeness of information in the system and to ensure the promptness of information reporting. The state auditor, or other appropriate entity selected by the council, shall conduct the examination with the cooperation of the council, the Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The Department of Public Safety, the council, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may examine the records of the agencies required to report information to the Department of Public Safety or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The examining entity shall submit to the legislature and the council a report that summarizes the findings of each examination and contains recommendations for improving the system. Not later than the first anniversary after the date the examining entity submits its report, the Department of Public Safety shall report to the Legislative Budget Board, the governor, and the council on the department's progress in implementing the examining entity's recommendations, including for each recommendation not implemented the reason for not implementing the recommendation. The Department of Public Safety shall submit a similar report each year following the submission of the first report until each of the examining entity's recommendations is implemented.

(k) The council, the Department of Public Safety, the criminal justice division of the governor's office, and the Department of Information Resources cooperatively shall develop and adopt a grant program, to be implemented by the criminal justice division at a time and in a manner determined by the division, to aid local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and court personnel in obtaining equipment and training necessary to operate a telecommunications network capable of:

(1) making inquiries to and receiving responses from the statewide automated fingerprint identification system and from the computerized criminal history system; and

(2) transmitting information to those systems.

(m) Notwithstanding Subsection (j), work performed under this section by the state auditor is subject to approval by the legislative audit committee for inclusion in the audit plan under Section 321.013(c), Government Code.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990. Subsec. (k) amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 362, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Subsec. (j) amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Subsec. (m) added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 72, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1312 (S.B. 59), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.



This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 1549, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Art. 60.03. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION; CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) Criminal justice agencies, the Legislative Budget Board, and the council are entitled to access to the data bases of the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in accordance with applicable state or federal law or regulations. The access granted by this subsection does not grant an agency, the Legislative Budget Board, or the council the right to add, delete, or alter data maintained by another agency.

(b) The council or the Legislative Budget Board may submit to the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice an annual request for a data file containing data elements from the departments' systems. The Department of Public Safety, the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the Texas Youth Commission, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall provide the council and the Legislative Budget Board with that data file for the period requested, in accordance with state and federal law and regulations. If the council submits data file requests other than the annual data file request, the director of the agency maintaining the requested records must approve the request. The Legislative Budget Board may submit data file requests other than the annual data file request without the approval of the director of the agency maintaining the requested records.

(c) Neither a criminal justice agency, the council, nor the Legislative Budget Board may disclose to the public information in an individual's criminal history record if the record is protected by state or federal law or regulation.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 741 (H.B. 2753), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.



Art. 60.04. COMPATIBILITY OF DATA. (a) Data supplied to the criminal justice information system must be compatible with the system and must contain both incident numbers and state identification numbers.

(b) A discrete submission of information under any article of this chapter must contain, in conjunction with information required, the defendant's name and state identification number.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.



Art. 60.05. TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED. The criminal justice information system must contain but is not limited to the following types of information for each arrest for a felony or a misdemeanor not punishable by fine only:

(1) information relating to offenders;

(2) information relating to arrests;

(3) information relating to prosecutions;

(4) information relating to the disposition of cases by courts;

(5) information relating to sentencing; and

(6) information relating to the handling of offenders received by a correctional agency, facility, or other institution.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.



Art. 60.051. INFORMATION IN COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM. (a) Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to an offender must include:

(1) the offender's name, including other names by which the offender is known;

(2) the offender's date of birth;

(3) the offender's physical description, including sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, marks, and tattoos; and

(4) the offender's state identification number.

(b) Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to an arrest must include:

(1) the name of the offender;

(2) the offender's state identification number;

(3) the arresting agency;

(4) the arrest charge by offense code and incident number;

(5) whether the arrest charge is a misdemeanor or felony;

(6) the date of the arrest;

(7) the exact disposition of the case by a law enforcement agency following the arrest; and

(8) the date of disposition of the case by the law enforcement agency.

(c) Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to a prosecution must include:

(1) each charged offense by offense code and incident number;

(2) the level of the offense charged or the degree of the offense charged for each offense in Subdivision (1) of this subsection; and

(3) for a rejected case, the date of rejection, offense code, and incident number, and whether the rejection is a result of a successful pretrial diversion program.

(d) Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to the disposition of a case that was not rejected must include:

(1) the final pleading to each charged offense and the level of the offense;

(2) a listing of each charged offense disposed of by the court and:

(A) the date of disposition;

(B) the offense code for the disposed charge and incident number; and

(C) the type of disposition; and

(3) for a conviction that is appealed the final court decision and the final disposition of the offender on appeal.

(e) Information in the computerized criminal history system relating to sentencing must include for each sentence:

(1) the sentencing date;

(2) the sentence for each offense by offense code and incident number;

(3) if the offender was sentenced to confinement:

(A) the agency that receives custody of the offender;

(B) the length of sentence for each offense; and

(C) if multiple sentences were ordered, whether they were ordered to be served consecutively or concurrently;

(4) if the offender was sentenced to a fine, the amount of the fine;

(5) if a sentence to confinement or fine was ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed:

(A) the length of sentence or the amount of the fine that was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed; and

(B) the offender's name, offense code, and incident number; and

(6) if a sentence other than fine or confinement was ordered, a description of the sentence ordered.

(f) The department shall maintain in the computerized criminal history system any information the department maintains in the central database under Article 62.005.

(g) In addition to the information described by Subsections (a)-(f), information in the computerized criminal history system must include the age of the victim of the offense if the defendant was arrested for or charged with an offense under:

(1) Section 21.02 (Continuous sexual abuse of young child or children), Penal Code;

(2) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a child), Penal Code;

(3) Section 22.011 (Sexual assault) or 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), Penal Code;

(4) Section 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), Penal Code;

(5) Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense with intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually;

(6) Section 30.02 (Burglary), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the defendant committed the offense with intent to commit an offense described by Subdivision (2), (3), or (5);

(7) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the defendant:

(A) trafficked a person with the intent or knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or

(B) benefited from participating in a venture that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or

(8) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling prostitution), Penal Code.

Renumbered from art. 60.05(b) to (f) and amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990. Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Subsec. (f) added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Subsec. (f) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 2.03, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.08, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 2014), Sec. 2.05, eff. September 1, 2011.



This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2299, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Art. 60.052. INFORMATION IN CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM. (a) Information in the corrections tracking system relating to a sentence to be served under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must include:

(1) the offender's name;

(2) the offender's state identification number;

(3) the sentencing date;

(4) the sentence for each offense by offense code and incident number;

(5) if the offender was sentenced to imprisonment:

(A) the unit of imprisonment;

(B) the length of sentence for each offense; and

(C) if multiple sentences were ordered, whether they were ordered to be served consecutively or concurrently; and

(6) if a sentence other than a fine or imprisonment was ordered, a description of the sentence ordered.

(b) Sentencing information in the corrections tracking system must also include the following information about each deferred adjudication, probation, or other alternative to imprisonment ordered:

(1) each conviction for which sentence was ordered but was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed, by offense code and incident number; and

(2) if a sentence or portion of a sentence of imprisonment was deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed:

(A) the offense, the sentence, and the amount of the sentence deferred, probated, suspended, or otherwise not imposed;

(B) a statement of whether a return to confinement or other imprisonment was a condition of probation or an alternative sentence;

(C) the community supervision and corrections department exercising jurisdiction over the offender;

(D) the date the offender was received by a community supervision and corrections department;

(E) any program in which an offender is placed or has previously been placed and the level of supervision the offender is placed on while under the jurisdiction of a community supervision and corrections department;

(F) the date a program described by Paragraph (E) of this subdivision begins, the date the program ends, and whether the program was completed successfully;

(G) the date a level of supervision described by Paragraph (E) of this subdivision begins and the date the level of supervision ends;

(H) if the offender's probation is revoked:

(i) the reason for the revocation and the date of revocation by offense code and incident number; and

(ii) other current sentences of probation or other alternatives to confinement that have not been revoked, by offense code and incident number; and

(I) the date of the offender's release from the community supervision and corrections department.

(c) Information in the corrections tracking system relating to the handling of offenders must include the following information about each imprisonment, confinement, or execution of an offender:

(1) the date of the imprisonment or confinement;

(2) if the offender was sentenced to death:

(A) the date of execution; and

(B) if the death sentence was commuted, the sentence to which the sentence of death was commuted and the date of commutation;

(3) the date the offender was released from imprisonment or confinement and whether the release was a discharge or a release on parole or mandatory supervision;

(4) if the offender is released on parole or mandatory supervision:

(A) the offense for which the offender was convicted by offense code and incident number;

(B) the date the offender was received by an office of the parole division;

(C) the county in which the offender resides while under supervision;

(D) any program in which an offender is placed or has previously been placed and the level of supervision the offender is placed on while under the jurisdiction of the parole division;

(E) the date a program described by Paragraph (D) begins, the date the program ends, and whether the program was completed successfully;

(F) the date a level of supervision described by Paragraph (D) begins and the date the level of supervision ends;

(G) if the offender's release status is revoked, the reason for the revocation and the date of revocation;

(H) the expiration date of the sentence; and

(I) the date of the offender's release from the parole division or the date on which the offender is granted clemency; and

(5) if the offender is released under Section 6(a), Article 42.12, the date of the offender's release.

Renumbered from art. 60.05(g) to (i) and amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.044, eff. September 1, 2009.



Art. 60.06. DUTIES OF AGENCIES. (a) Each criminal justice agency shall:

(1) compile and maintain records needed for reporting data required by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety;

(2) transmit to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety, when and in the manner the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety direct, all data required by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety;

(3) give the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or their accredited agents access to the agency for the purpose of inspection to determine the completeness and accuracy of data reported;

(4) cooperate with the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice so that the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may properly and efficiently perform their duties under this chapter; and

(5) cooperate with the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to identify and eliminate redundant reporting of information to the criminal justice information system.

(b) Information on an individual that consists of an identifiable description and notation of an arrest, detention, indictment, information, or other formal criminal charge and a disposition of the charge, including sentencing, correctional supervision, and release that is collected and compiled by the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from criminal justice agencies and maintained in a central location is not subject to public disclosure except as authorized by federal or state law or regulation.

(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a document maintained by a criminal justice agency that is the source of information collected by the Department of Public Safety or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Each criminal justice agency shall retain documents described by this subsection.

(d) An optical disk or other technology may be used instead of microfilm as a medium to store information if allowed by the applicable state laws or regulations relating to the archiving of state agency information.

(e) An official of an agency may not intentionally conceal or destroy any record with intent to violate this section.

(f) The duties imposed on a criminal justice agency under this article are also imposed on district court and county court clerks.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990; Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 750, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.



Art. 60.061. INFORMATION ON PERSONS LICENSED BY CERTAIN AGENCIES. (a) The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners, the State Board of Dental Examiners, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, and the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners shall provide to the Department of Public Safety through electronic means, magnetic tape, or disk, as specified by the department, a list including the name, date of birth, and any other personal descriptive information required by the department for each person licensed by the respective agency. Each agency shall update this information and submit to the Department of Public Safety the updated information quarterly.

(b) The Department of Public Safety shall perform at least quarterly a computer match of the licensing list against the convictions maintained in the computerized criminal history system. The Department of Public Safety shall report to the appropriate licensing agency for verification and administrative action, as considered appropriate by the licensing agency, the name of any person found to have a record of conviction, except a defendant whose prosecution is deferred during a period of community supervision without an adjudication or plea of guilt. The Department of Public Safety may charge the licensing agency a fee not to exceed the actual direct cost incurred by the department in performing a computer match and reporting to the agency.

(c) The transmission of information by electronic means under Subsection (a) of this article does not affect whether the information is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 3.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 78, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(88), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Subsecs. (a), (b) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 143 (H.B. 1015), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2005.



Art. 60.07. UNIFORM INCIDENT FINGERPRINT CARD. (a) The Department of Public Safety, in consultation with the council, shall design, print, and distribute to each law enforcement agency in the state a uniform incident fingerprint card.

(b) The incident card must:

(1) be serially numbered with an incident number in such a manner that the individual incident of arrest may be readily ascertained; and

(2) be a multiple part form that can be transmitted with the offender through the criminal justice process and that allows each agency to report required data to the Department of Public Safety or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

(c) Subject to available telecommunications capacity, the Department of Public Safety shall develop the capability to receive by electronic means from a law enforcement agency the information on the uniform incident fingerprint card. The information must be in a form that is compatible to the form required of data supplied to the criminal justice information system.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990; Subsec. (c) added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.



This article was amended by the 84th Legislature. Pending publication of the current statutes, see H.B. 2299, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, for amendments affecting this section.

Art. 60.08. REPORTING. (a) The Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall, by rule, develop reporting procedures that:

(1) ensure that the offender processing data is reported from the time an offender is arrested until the time an offender is released; and

(2) provide measures and policies designed to identify and eliminate redundant reporting of information to the criminal justice information system.

(b) The arresting agency shall prepare a uniform incident fingerprint card and initiate the reporting process for each offender charged with a felony or a misdemeanor not punishable by fine only.

(c) The clerk of the court exercising jurisdiction over a case shall report the disposition of the case to the Department of Public Safety.

(d) Except as otherwise required by applicable state laws or regulations, information or data required by this chapter to be reported to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Department of Public Safety shall be reported promptly but not later than the 30th day after the date on which the information or data is received by the agency responsible for reporting it except in the case of an arrest. An offender's arrest shall be reported to the Department of Public Safety not later than the seventh day after the date of the arrest.

(e) A court that orders the release of an offender under Section 6(a), Article 42.12, at a time when the offender is under a bench warrant and not physically imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report the release to the department not later than the seventh day after the date of the release.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990; Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 750, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.045, eff. September 1, 2009.



Art. 60.09. LOCAL DATA ADVISORY BOARDS. (a) The commissioners court of each county may create local data advisory boards to, among other duties:

(1) analyze the structure of local automated and manual data systems to identify redundant data entry and data storage;

(2) develop recommendations for the commissioners to improve the local data systems;

(3) develop recommendations, when appropriate, for the effective electronic transfer of required data from local agencies to state agencies; and

(4) perform any related duties to be determined by the commissioners court.

(b) Local officials responsible for collecting, storing, reporting, and using data may be appointed to the local data advisory board.

(c) The council and the Department of Public Safety shall, to the extent that resources allow, provide technical assistance and advice on the request of the local data advisory board.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 25, Sec. 28, eff. June 18, 1990.



Art. 60.12. FINGERPRINT AND ARREST INFORMATION IN COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall, when a jurisdiction transmits fingerprints and arrest information by a remote terminal accessing the statewide automated fingerprint identification system, use that transmission either to create a permanent record in the criminal justice information system or to create a temporary arrest record in the criminal justice information system to be maintained by the department until the department receives and processes the physical copy of the arrest information.

(b) The Department of Public Safety shall make available to a criminal justice agency making a background criminal inquiry any information contained in a temporary arrest record maintained by the department, including a statement that a physical copy of the arrest information was not available at the time the information was entered in the system.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 7.05, eff. Dec. 1, 1991. Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.



Art. 60.14. ALLOCATION OF GRANT PROGRAM MONEY FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS. An agency of the state, before allocating money to a county from any federal or state grant program for the enhancement of criminal justice programs, shall certify that the county has taken or will take, using all or part of the allocated funds, all action necessary to provide the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety any criminal history records maintained by the county in the manner specified for purposes of those departments.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 7.05, eff. Dec. 1, 1991.



Art. 60.18. INFORMATION ON SUBSEQUENT ARREST OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Department of Public Safety shall develop the capability to send by electronic means information about the subsequent arrest of a person under supervision to, as applicable:

(1) the community supervision and corrections department serving the court of original jurisdiction; or

(2) the district parole office supervising the person.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1025, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1218 (H.B. 967), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.



Art. 60.19. INFORMATION RELATED TO MISUSED IDENTITY. (a) On receipt of information from a local law enforcement agency under Article 2.28, the department shall:

(1) provide the notice described by Subdivision (1) of that article to the person whose identity was misused, if the local law enforcement agency was unable to notify the person under that subdivision;

(2) take action to ensure that the information maintained in the computerized criminal history system reflects the use of the person's identity as a stolen alias; and

(3) notify the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that the person's identifying information may have been falsely used by an inmate in the custody of the department.

(b) On receipt of a declaration under Section 411.0421, Government Code, or on receipt of information similar to that contained in a declaration, the department shall separate information maintained in the computerized criminal history system regarding an individual whose identity has been misused from information maintained in that system regarding the person who misused the identity.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1334, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.



Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.



Art. 60.20. INFORMATION RELATED TO NON-FINGERPRINT SUPPORTED ACTIONS. On receipt of a report of prosecution or court disposition information from a jurisdiction for which corresponding arrest data does not exist in the computerized criminal history system, the Department of Public Safety shall enter the report into a non-fingerprint supported file that is separate from the computerized criminal history system. The department shall grant access to records in the non-fingerprint supported file that include the subject's name or other identifier in the same manner as the department is required to grant access to criminal history record information under Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code. On receipt of a report of arrest information that corresponds to a record in the non-fingerprint supported file, the department shall transfer the record from the non-fingerprint supported file to the computerized criminal history system.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.



Art. 60.21. MONITORING TRACKING; INFORMATION SUBMISSION. (a) The Department of Information Resources shall monitor the development of the corrections tracking system by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to ensure implementation of the system not later than June 1, 2005.

(b) The Department of Public Safety shall:

(1) monitor the submission of arrest and disposition information by local jurisdictions;

(2) annually submit to the Legislative Budget Board, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state auditor, and the standing committees in the senate and house of representatives that have primary jurisdiction over criminal justice and the Department of Public Safety a report regarding the level of reporting by local jurisdictions;

(3) identify local jurisdictions that do not report arrest or disposition information or that partially report information; and

(4) for use in determining the status of outstanding dispositions, publish monthly on the Department of Public Safety's Internet website or on another electronic publication a report listing each arrest by local jurisdiction for which there is no corresponding final court disposition.

(c) The report described by Subsection (b)(2) must contain a disposition completeness percentage for each county in this state. For purposes of this subsection, "disposition completeness percentage" means the percentage of arrest charges a county reports to the Department of Public Safety to be entered in the computerized criminal history system under this chapter that were brought against a person in the county for which a disposition has been subsequently reported and entered into the computerized criminal history system.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1218 (H.B. 967), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 21.002, eff. September 1, 2009.