Tex. Gov't Code § 493.0155 · Chapter 493. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE: ORGANIZATION
PROPER IDENTIFICATION OF INMATES USING ALIAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
On receipt of information from the Department of Public Safety under Article 66.105, Code of Criminal Procedure, that a person's identifying information may have been falsely used by an inmate as the inmate's identifying information, regardless of whether the inmate is in the custody of the department, is serving a period of supervised release, or has been discharged, the department shall:
(1) make a reasonable effort to identify the inmate's actual identity; and
(2) take action to ensure that any information maintained in the department's records and files regarding the inmate reflects the inmate's use of the person's identity as a stolen alias and refers to available information concerning the inmate's actual identity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 339, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 4.11, eff. January 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.493.htm
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