(a) The department shall assign codes for the reporting
of data to the juvenile justice information system. The department
shall designate and distribute a list of uniform offense codes to
be used in reporting data to the juvenile justice information system.
The department has the sole responsibility for designating the state
identification number for each juvenile whose name appears in the
juvenile justice information system. The department will, upon receipt
of fingerprint submissions of juvenile offender data, assign unique
state identification numbers to each juvenile offender reported to
the juvenile justice information system.
(b) To the extent possible, and subject to the list
of types of information collected in subsection (a) of this section,
local law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies shall report,
and the department shall include in the juvenile justice information
system the following information for each juvenile offender referred
under the Texas Family Code, Title 3, Chapter 58, §§58.101
- 58.113 for delinquent conduct:
(1) the juvenile offender's name, including other names
by which the juvenile offender is known or has used;
(2) the juvenile offender's date and place of birth,
including alias dates of birth used by the offender;
(3) the juvenile offender's physical description, including
sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars,
marks, and tattoos;
(4) the juvenile offender's state identification number,
and other numbers as identified on the uniform incident fingerprint
card as designed by the department for reporting to the juvenile justice
information system, including alias identifying numbers;
(5) the juvenile offender's fingerprints, which shall
be stored in the statewide automated fingerprint identification system;
(6) the juvenile offender's last known residential
address, from which the department shall determine the census tract
number designation, if possible;
(7) the name and identifying number as assigned by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the agency that took into custody
or detained the juvenile offender;
(8) the date of detention or custody;
(9) the conduct for which the juvenile offender was
taken into custody, detained, or referred, including level and degree
of the alleged offense;
(10) the name and identifying number as assigned by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the juvenile intake agency
or juvenile probation office;
(11) each disposition by the juvenile intake agency
or juvenile probation office, as identified by codes assigned by the
department;
(12) the date of disposition by the juvenile intake
agency or juvenile probation office;
(13) the name and identifying number as assigned by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the prosecutor's office;
(14) each disposition by the prosecutor;
(15) the date of disposition by the prosecutor;
(16) the name and identifying number as assigned by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the court;
(17) each disposition by the court, as identified by
codes assigned by the department, including information concerning
custody of a juvenile offender by a juvenile justice agency or probation;
(18) the date of disposition by the court;
(19) any commitment or release under supervision by
the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
(20) the date of any commitment or release under supervision
by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and
(21) a description of each appellate proceeding, as
identified by codes assigned by the department.
(c) Local agencies are not required to report, nor
is the department required to maintain dispositions that represent
administrative status notices of a juvenile justice agency.
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