Bill Text: TX SB1504 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1504 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1504-Comm_Sub.html
 
 
  By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1504
 
  (Parker)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of
  persons for an order of nondisclosure.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 411.0728(a), (c), and (d), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a person:
               (1)  who [on conviction for an offense under Section
  43.02, Penal Code,] is placed on community supervision under
  Chapter 42A [Article 42.12], Code of Criminal Procedure, after
  conviction for an offense under:
                     (A)  Section 481.120, Health and Safety Code, if
  the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1);
                     (B)  Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if
  the offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1);
                     (C)  Section 30.05, Penal Code;
                     (D)  Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (e)(1) or (2);
                     (E)  Section 43.02, Penal Code; or
                     (F)  Section 43.03(a)(2), Penal Code, if the
  offense is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor;[,] and
               (2)  with respect to whom the conviction is
  subsequently set aside by the court under Article 42A.701, Code of
  Criminal Procedure [Section 20(a) of that article].
         (c)  After notice to the state, an opportunity for a hearing,
  and a determination by the court that the person committed the
  offense solely as a victim of trafficking of persons and that
  issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, the court
  shall issue an order prohibiting criminal justice agencies from
  disclosing to the public criminal history record information
  related to the offense for which the defendant was placed on
  community supervision as described by Subsection (a) [under Section
  43.02, Penal Code, giving rise to the community supervision].
         (d)  A person may petition the court that placed the person
  on community supervision for an order of nondisclosure of criminal
  history record information under this section only after the
  person's conviction [under Section 43.02, Penal Code,] is set aside
  as described by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
  person whose conviction for an offense is set aside under Article
  42A.701, Code of Criminal Procedure, on or after the effective date
  of this Act, regardless of when the person committed the offense for
  which the person was convicted.
         SECTION 3.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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