{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-58.306","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 58.306","heading":"ACCESS TO INFORMATION; LEVELS.","body":"(a) This section describes the level of access to information to which each partner agency in a local juvenile justice information system is entitled.\n(b) Information is at Access Level 1 if the information relates to a child:\n(1) who:\n(A) a school official has reasonable grounds to believe has committed an offense for which a report is required under Section 37.015, Education Code; or\n(B) has been expelled, the expulsion of which is required to be reported under Section 52.041; and\n(2) who has not been charged with a fineable only offense, a status offense, or delinquent conduct.\n(c) Information is at Access Level 2 if the information relates to a child who:\n(1) is alleged in a justice or municipal court to have committed a fineable only offense, municipal ordinance violation, or status offense; and\n(2) has not been charged with delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision.\n(d) Information is at Access Level 3 if the information relates to a child who is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision.\n(e) Except as provided by Subsection (i), Level 1 Access is by public school districts in the county or region served by the local juvenile justice information system.\n(f) Except as provided by Subsection (i), Level 2 Access is by:\n(1) justice of the peace courts that process juvenile cases; and\n(2) municipal courts that process juvenile cases.\n(g) Except as provided by Subsection (i), Level 3 Access is by:\n(1) the juvenile court and court clerk;\n(2) the prosecuting attorney;\n(3) the county juvenile probation department;\n(4) law enforcement agencies;\n(5) governmental service providers that are partner agencies;\n(6) governmental juvenile facilities that are partner agencies; and\n(7) a private juvenile facility that is a partner agency, except the access is limited to information that relates to a child detained or placed in the custody of the facility.\n(h) Access for Level 1 agencies is only to information at Level 1. Access for Level 2 agencies is only to information at Levels 1 and 2. Access for Level 3 agencies is to information at Levels 1, 2, and 3.\n(i) Information described by Section 58.304(b)(23) may be accessed only by:\n(1) the juvenile court and court clerk;\n(2) the county juvenile probation department;\n(3) a governmental juvenile facility that is a partner agency; and\n(4) a private juvenile facility that is a partner agency, except the access is limited to information that relates to a child detained or placed in the custody of the facility.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 2884), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1093 (H.B. 3705), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE","CHAPTER 58. RECORDS; JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER D. LOCAL JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.58.htm#58.306","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ba707d4f24a8369f9f485da22e5a04d531324436d951a734bbf69b1e8dde1e2e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-58.305","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-58.307"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}