Bill Text: TX HB3525 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the destruction of juvenile court records of victims of sex trafficking.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3525-Comm_Sub.html
86R24943 ADM-F | |||
By: Rose | H.B. No. 3525 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3525: | |||
By: Dutton | C.S.H.B. No. 3525 |
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relating to the destruction of juvenile court records of victims of | ||
sex trafficking. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C-1, Chapter 58, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 58.2635 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 58.2635. DESTRUCTION OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS: VICTIM | ||
OF SEX TRAFFICKING. (a) A juvenile court shall order the | ||
destruction of the court's records related to conduct for which a | ||
person was referred to a juvenile probation department, regardless | ||
of whether the person was adjudicated and without application to | ||
the court, if: | ||
(1) the conduct constitutes an offense under Section | ||
43.02(a), Penal Code; | ||
(2) the defense under Section 43.02(d), Penal Code, | ||
applies to the conduct; and | ||
(3) the person is at least 18 years of age. | ||
(b) Electronic records are considered to be destroyed if the | ||
electronic records, including the index to the records, are | ||
deleted. | ||
(c) Converting physical records to electronic records and | ||
subsequently destroying the physical records while maintaining the | ||
electronic records is not considered destruction of a record under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
(d) This section does not authorize the destruction of | ||
records maintained for statistical and research purposes by the | ||
Texas Juvenile Justice Department in a juvenile information and | ||
case management system authorized under Section 58.403. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies to juvenile court records | ||
created before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |