Bill Text: TX SB670 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the copying of certain records and files relating to a child who is a party to a juvenile proceeding.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Effective immediately [SB670 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB670-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 670 | ||
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| relating to the copying of certain records and files relating to a | ||
| child who is a party to a juvenile proceeding. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 58.007, Family Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Article 15.27, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, the records and files of a juvenile court, a clerk of | ||
| court, a juvenile probation department, or a prosecuting attorney | ||
| relating to a child who is a party to a proceeding under this title | ||
| may be inspected or copied [ |
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| (1) the judge, probation officers, and professional | ||
| staff or consultants of the juvenile court; | ||
| (2) a juvenile justice agency as that term is defined | ||
| by Section 58.101; | ||
| (3) an attorney for a party to the proceeding; | ||
| (4) a public or private agency or institution | ||
| providing supervision of the child by arrangement of the juvenile | ||
| court, or having custody of the child under juvenile court order; or | ||
| (5) with leave of the juvenile court, any other | ||
| person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in the | ||
| proceeding or in the work of the court. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 670 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 670 passed the House on | ||
| May 8, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
