{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 411.152","heading":"RULES.","body":"(a) The director may adopt rules permitted by this subchapter that are necessary to administer or enforce this subchapter but shall adopt a rule expressly required by this subchapter.\n(b) The director by rule may release or permit access to information to confirm or deny whether an individual has a preexisting record under this subchapter. After receiving a request regarding an individual whose DNA record has been expunged or removed under Section 411.151, the director shall deny the preexisting record.\n(c) The director by rule may exempt:\n(1) a laboratory conducting non-human forensic DNA analysis from a rule adopted under this subchapter; and\n(2) certain categories of individuals from a requirement to provide an additional sample after an acceptable DNA record exists for the individual.\n(d) The director by rule may determine whether a DNA sample complies with a collection provision of this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1224 (H.B. 1068), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS","SUBCHAPTER G. DNA DATABASE SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm#411.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"1c016d9c4aecba6266d9866fcd9122275b39f781af65890ec8aa87cbad765fe2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}