Texas Family Code 58.302 – Purposes of System
Terms Used In Texas Family Code 58.302
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
The purposes of a local juvenile justice information system are to:
(1) provide accurate information at the county or regional level relating to children who come into contact with the juvenile justice system;
(2) assist in the development and delivery of services to children in the juvenile justice system;
(3) assist in the development and delivery of services to children:
(A) who school officials have reasonable cause to believe have committed an offense for which a report is required under § 37.015, Education Code; or
(B) who have been expelled, the expulsion of which school officials are required to report under § 52.041;
(4) provide for an efficient transmission of juvenile records from justice and municipal courts to county juvenile probation departments and the juvenile court and from county juvenile probation departments and juvenile court to the state juvenile justice information system created by Subchapter B;
(5) provide efficient computerized case management resources to juvenile courts, prosecutors, court clerks, county juvenile probation departments, and partner agencies authorized by this subchapter;
(6) provide a directory of services available to children to the partner agencies to facilitate the delivery of services to children;
(7) provide an efficient means for municipal and justice courts to report filing of charges, adjudications, and dispositions of juveniles to the juvenile court as required by § 51.08; and
(8) provide a method for agencies to fulfill their duties under § 58.108, including the electronic transmission of information required to be sent to the Department of Public Safety by § 58.110(f).