Sec. 58.301. DEFINITIONS    


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  • In this subchapter:

    (1) "County juvenile board" means a juvenile board created under Chapter 152, Human Resources Code.

    (2) "Governmental placement facility" means a juvenile residential placement facility operated by a unit of government.

    (3) "Governmental service provider" means a juvenile justice service provider operated by a unit of government.

    (4) "Local juvenile justice information system" means a county or multicounty computerized database of information concerning children, with data entry and access by the partner agencies that are members of the system.

    (5) "Partner agency" means a governmental service provider or governmental placement facility that is authorized by this subchapter to be a member of a local juvenile justice information system or that has applied to be a member of a local juvenile justice information system and has been approved by the county juvenile board or regional juvenile board committee as a member of the system.

    (6) "Regional juvenile board committee" means a committee that is composed of two members from each county juvenile board in a region that comprises a multicounty local juvenile information system.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 949 , Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2005.