Bill Text: TX HB3022 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-06 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB3022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3022-Engrossed.html
87R1880 JRR-D | ||
By: Herrero, Collier | H.B. No. 3022 |
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relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a | ||
statutory county court. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 55.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and subject to | ||
Subsections [ |
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statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal court of | ||
record may expunge all records and files relating to the arrest of a | ||
person under the procedure established under Article 55.02 if: | ||
(1) the person is: | ||
(A) tried for the offense for which the person | ||
was arrested; | ||
(B) convicted of the offense; and | ||
(C) acquitted by the court of criminal appeals | ||
or, if the period for granting a petition for discretionary review | ||
has expired, by a court of appeals; or | ||
(2) an office of the attorney representing the state | ||
authorized by law to prosecute the offense for which the person was | ||
arrested recommends the expunction to the court before the person | ||
is tried for the offense, regardless of whether an indictment or | ||
information has been presented against the person in relation to | ||
the offense. | ||
(b-2) A statutory county court may only expunge records and | ||
files under Subsection (b) that relate to the arrest of a person for | ||
an offense that is subject to the jurisdiction of a statutory county | ||
court. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1, Article 55.02, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1. At the request of the acquitted person and after | ||
notice to the state, or at the request of the attorney for the state | ||
with the consent of the acquitted person, the trial court presiding | ||
over the case in which the person was acquitted, if the trial court | ||
is a district court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a | ||
municipal court of record, or a district court in the county in | ||
which the trial court is located shall enter an order of expunction | ||
for a person entitled to expunction under Article 55.01(a)(1)(A) | ||
not later than the 30th day after the date of the acquittal. On | ||
acquittal, the trial court shall advise the acquitted person of the | ||
right to expunction. The party requesting the order of expunction | ||
shall provide to the court all of the information required in a | ||
petition for expunction under Section 2(b). The attorney for the | ||
acquitted person in the case in which the person was acquitted, if | ||
the person was represented by counsel, or the attorney for the | ||
state, if the person was not represented by counsel or if the | ||
attorney for the state requested the order of expunction, shall | ||
prepare the order for the court's signature. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1a(a), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The trial court presiding over a case in which a person | ||
is convicted and subsequently granted relief or pardoned on the | ||
basis of actual innocence of the offense of which the person was | ||
convicted, if the trial court is a district court, a statutory | ||
county court, a justice court, or a municipal court of record, or a | ||
district court in the county in which the trial court is located | ||
shall enter an order of expunction for a person entitled to | ||
expunction under Article 55.01(a)(1)(B)(ii) not later than the 30th | ||
day after the date the court receives notice of the pardon or other | ||
grant of relief. The person shall provide to the court all of the | ||
information required in a petition for expunction under Section | ||
2(b). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2, Article 55.02, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-2) and amending | ||
Subsection (b) to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) If the arrest for which expunction is sought is for an | ||
offense that is subject to the jurisdiction of a statutory county | ||
court, a person who is entitled to expunction of records and files | ||
under Article 55.01(a)(1)(A) or a person who is eligible for | ||
expunction of records and files under Article 55.01(b) may file an | ||
ex parte petition for expunction in a statutory county court in the | ||
county in which: | ||
(1) the petitioner was arrested; or | ||
(2) the offense was alleged to have occurred. | ||
(b) A petition filed under Subsection (a), [ |
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(a-2) must be verified and must include the following or an | ||
explanation for why one or more of the following is not included: | ||
(1) the petitioner's: | ||
(A) full name; | ||
(B) sex; | ||
(C) race; | ||
(D) date of birth; | ||
(E) driver's license number; | ||
(F) social security number; and | ||
(G) address at the time of the arrest; | ||
(2) the offense charged against the petitioner; | ||
(3) the date the offense charged against the | ||
petitioner was alleged to have been committed; | ||
(4) the date the petitioner was arrested; | ||
(5) the name of the county where the petitioner was | ||
arrested and if the arrest occurred in a municipality, the name of | ||
the municipality; | ||
(6) the name of the agency that arrested the | ||
petitioner; | ||
(7) the case number and court of offense; and | ||
(8) together with the applicable physical or e-mail | ||
addresses, a list of all: | ||
(A) law enforcement agencies, jails or other | ||
detention facilities, magistrates, courts, prosecuting attorneys, | ||
correctional facilities, central state depositories of criminal | ||
records, and other officials or agencies or other entities of this | ||
state or of any political subdivision of this state; | ||
(B) central federal depositories of criminal | ||
records that the petitioner has reason to believe have records or | ||
files that are subject to expunction; and | ||
(C) private entities that compile and | ||
disseminate for compensation criminal history record information | ||
that the petitioner has reason to believe have information related | ||
to records or files that are subject to expunction. | ||
SECTION 5. Article 102.006(a-1), Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In addition to any other fees required by other law | ||
and except as provided by Subsection (b), a petitioner seeking | ||
expunction of a criminal record in a statutory county court, a | ||
justice court, or a municipal court of record under Chapter 55 shall | ||
pay a fee of $100 for filing an ex parte petition for expunction to | ||
defray the cost of notifying state agencies of orders of expunction | ||
under that chapter. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 25.0003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) A statutory county court has concurrent jurisdiction | ||
with a district court over expunction proceedings relating to the | ||
arrest of a person for an offense that is subject to the | ||
jurisdiction of a statutory county court. | ||
SECTION 7. The change in law made by this Act applies to the | ||
expunction of arrest records and files for any criminal offense | ||
that occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |