(a) Justice information data exchanges between courts or between a court and OCA shall conform with the IEPDs developed by Texas Path to NIEM.
(b) Justice agencies are encouraged to develop justice information systems whose data exchanges conform with the IEPDs developed by Texas Path to NIEM, and justice information data exchanges between justice agencies or between a court and a justice agency with such capabilities shall conform with those IEPDs.
(c) These standards apply to justice information data exchanges between systems whose development is initiated on or after September 1, 2009.

Source Note: The provisions of this §177.2 adopted to be effective July 21, 2008, 33 TexReg 5693