37 Tex. Admin. Code § 27.71 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Active Protective
Order--Refers to a protective order issued under Texas Family Code, Chapter 71,
that is in effect. The term does not include a temporary protective order
issued before the court holds a hearing on the matter, or an emergency
protective order not issued under Texas Family Code, Chapter 71.
(2) Department--Refers to the Texas
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
(3) Hit Confirmation--Refers to an exchange
of communications between the agency that has entered a protective order in the
Protective Order File and a person or agency who has made a potential match of
that protective order record in order to verify that the protective order is
still active, that the person inquired upon is identical with the subject of
the record (both the respondent and the protected person, when appropriate),
and to exchange data regarding the conditions and facts of the protective
order. The term includes the rules and procedures established by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for hit confirmation of records for missing or wanted
persons within the National Crime Information Center.
(4) Protected Person--Refers to the party in
an application for protective order proceeding who is the applicant or is a
member of the family or household for whose benefit the protective order may or
was issued.
(5) Protective Order
File--Refers to a computerized file of active protective orders including a
history of protective orders issued after December 31, 1995, and including
those which are no longer in effect and are established under Texas Government
Code, Article 411.042 and maintained by the department within the Texas Crime
Information Center.
(6)
Respondent--Refers to the party in an application for protective order
proceeding who is alleged to have committed family violence.
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