SECTION 27.51. Juvenile Justice Information System

(a) The Department of Public Safety is responsible for recording data and maintaining a database for a computerized juvenile justice information system that serves:

(1) as the record creation point for the juvenile justice information system maintained by the state; and

(2) as the control terminal for entry of records, in accordance with federal law, rule and policy into the federal records systems maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(b) The Department of Public Safety will not collect or retain information relating to a juvenile if Texas Family Code, Chapter 58 prohibits or restricts the collection or retention of the information.

(c) Local law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies must report, and the Department of Public Safety must retain the information required by Texas Family Code, Chapter 58, Subchapter B, §§58.101-58.113.

Source Note: The provisions of this §27.51 adopted to be effective March 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 1588