Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 66.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 66.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 66.051. PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS.
Official statutory text
The criminal justice information system shall be maintained to supply the state with a system:
(1) that provides an accurate criminal history record depository to:
(A) law enforcement officers; and
(B) criminal justice agencies for operational decision making;
(2) from which accurate criminal justice system modeling can be conducted; and
(3) that improves:
(A) the quality of data used to conduct impact analyses of proposed legislative changes in the criminal justice system; and
(B) the ability of interested parties to analyze the functioning of the criminal justice system.
(1) that provides an accurate criminal history record depository to:
(A) law enforcement officers; and
(B) criminal justice agencies for operational decision making;
(2) from which accurate criminal justice system modeling can be conducted; and
(3) that improves:
(A) the quality of data used to conduct impact analyses of proposed legislative changes in the criminal justice system; and
(B) the ability of interested parties to analyze the functioning of the criminal justice system.
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