PURPOSES OF SYSTEM

The purposes of a local juvenile justice information system are to: (1) provide accurate information at the county or regional level relating to children who come into contact with the juvenile justice system; (2) assist in the development and delivery of services to children in the juvenile justice system; (3) assist in the development and delivery of services to children: (A) who school officials have reasonable cause to believe have committed an offense for which a report is required under Section 37.015, Education Code; or (B) who have been expelled, the expulsion of which school officials are required to report under Section 52.041; (4) provide for an efficient transmission of juvenile records from justice and municipal courts to county juvenile probation departments and the juvenile court and from county juvenile probation departments and juvenile court to the state juvenile justice information system created by Subchapter B; (5) provide efficient computerized case management resources to juvenile courts, prosecutors, court clerks, county juvenile probation departments, and partner agencies authorized by this subchapter; (6) provide a directory of services available to children to the partner agencies to facilitate the delivery of services to children; (7) provide an efficient means for municipal and justice courts to report filing of charges, adjudications, and dispositions of juveniles to the juvenile court as required by Section 51.08; and (8) provide a method for agencies to fulfill their duties under Section 58.108, including the electronic transmission of information required to be sent to the Department of Public Safety by Section 58.110(f).