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House Bill 557 |
House Author: Collier et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Burton et al. |
House Bill 557 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, and Local Government Code to provide for the expunction of criminal records and files relating to an arrest for a fine-only offense by a justice court or a municipal court of record. The bill, among other provisions, provides for a court's discretion in returning an expunction fee or portion of a fee to a petitioner who sought expunction in a district court and includes an attorney for the state as a person whose request for an expunction order for an acquitted person triggers a court's duty to enter the order.