63M-10-201 - Creation -- Purpose -- Administration -- Access. - Utah Statutes

63M-10-201. Creation -- Purpose -- Administration -- Access.
(1) There is created the Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program(SHOCAP) to establish a SHOCAP Database to identify and track youthful offenders in order toassist agencies in providing collaborative and comprehensive services to them.
(2) The database shall be administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts withinformation contributed by the following agencies:
(a) the State Office of Education, including all school districts;
(b) the Department of Health;
(c) the Department of Human Services, including all county mental health agencies;
(d) the Department of Public Safety;
(e) all county and municipal law enforcement agencies; and
(f) all county and district attorney offices.
(3) The database shall be maintained in accordance with guidelines established by theAdministrative Office of the Courts so that the agencies listed in Subsection (2) can efficientlyaccess the database.
(4) Information provided by schools in compliance with the provisions of this chapter isauthorized under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Regulations, 34 CFR Part 99.
(5) Information in the database provided by an agency to the database is considered to bethe property of the agency providing the information and retains any classification given it underTitle 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(6) Any person who knowingly releases or discloses information from the database for apurpose other than authorized by this chapter or to a person who is not entitled to it is guilty of aclass B misdemeanor.
(7) Neither the state nor the courts are liable to any person for gathering, managing, orusing the information in the database as provided in this chapter.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session