By: Moody (Senate Sponsor - King)	H.B. No. 1385
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
	May 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to access to criminal history record information by county
	offices providing pretrial release services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 411.083(b) and (c), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The department shall grant access to criminal history
	record information to:
	(1)  criminal justice agencies;
	(2)  noncriminal justice agencies authorized by
	federal statute or executive order or by state statute to receive
	criminal history record information;
	(3)  the person who is the subject of the criminal
	history record information;
	(4)  a person working on a research or statistical
	project that:
	(A)  is funded in whole or in part by state funds;
	or
	(B)  meets the requirements of Part 22, Title 28,
	Code of Federal Regulations, and is approved by the department;
	(5)  an individual or an agency that has a specific
	agreement with a criminal justice agency to provide services
	required for the administration of criminal justice under that
	agreement, if the agreement:
	(A)  specifically authorizes access to
	information;
	(B)  limits the use of information to the purposes
	for which it is given;
	(C)  ensures the security and confidentiality of
	the information;
	(D)  provides for sanctions if a requirement
	imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
	(E)  requires the individual or agency to perform
	the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
	(6)  an individual or an agency that has a specific
	agreement with a noncriminal justice agency to provide services
	related to the use of criminal history record information
	disseminated under this subchapter, if the agreement:
	(A)  specifically authorizes access to
	information;
	(B)  limits the use of information to the purposes
	for which it is given;
	(C)  ensures the security and confidentiality of
	the information;
	(D)  provides for sanctions if a requirement
	imposed under Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) is violated; and
	(E)  requires the individual or agency to perform
	the applicable services in a manner prescribed by the department;
	(7)  a county or district clerk's office; [and]
	(8)  a county office monitoring the pretrial release of
	a defendant, including:
	(A)  a community supervision and corrections
	department established for one or more counties under Chapter 76;
	or
	(B)  a personal bond office established for one or
	more counties under Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
	(9)  the Office of Court Administration of the Texas
	Judicial System.
	(c)  The department may disseminate criminal history record
	information under Subsection (b)(1) or (8) only for a criminal
	justice purpose.  The department may disseminate criminal history
	record information under Subsection (b)(2) only for a purpose
	specified in the statute or order.  The department may disseminate
	criminal history record information under Subsection (b)(4), (5),
	or (6) only for a purpose approved by the department and only under
	rules adopted by the department.  The department may disseminate
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