Section 27.53 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Criminal Justice Agency--Has the meaning assigned by Texas Government Code, § 411.082.(2) Department--Refers to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.(3) Disposition--Refers to an action that results in the termination, transfer of jurisdiction, or indeterminate suspension of the prosecution of a juvenile offender.(4) Incident Number--Refers to a unique number assigned to a child during a specific custodial or detention period or for a specific referral to the office or official designated by the juvenile court, if the juvenile offender was not taken into custody before the referral.(5) Juvenile Justice Agency--Refers to an agency that has custody or control over juvenile offenders.(6) Juvenile Justice Information System--Is the information related to a child forwarded by a law enforcement agency, including photographs and fingerprints, to the department for inclusion in the database created in Texas Family Code, Title 3, Subchapter B, §§58.101-58.113.(7) Juvenile Offender--Refers to a child who has been assigned an incident number.(8) Referral To Juvenile Court--Refers to the referral of a child or a child's case to the office or official, including an intake officer or probation officer, designated by the juvenile court to process children within the juvenile justice system.(9) State Identification Number--Refers to a unique number assigned by the department to a child in the juvenile justice information system, or the adult criminal history system.(10) Uniform Incident Fingerprint Card--Refers to a multiple-part form containing a unique incident number with space for information relating to the conduct for which a child has been taken into custody, detained or referred, the child's fingerprints, and other relevant information.37 Tex. Admin. Code § 27.53
The provisions of this §27.53 adopted to be effective March 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 1588