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Senate Bill 107 |
Senate Author: West |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Johnson |
Senate Bill 107 amends the Government Code to clarify that a person's entitlement to petition the appropriate court for an order of nondisclosure is contingent on the statutorily prescribed periods having elapsed, rather than on the payment of the $28 court fee and other required fees on or after the applicable period has elapsed, and to authorize the person to file the petition in person, electronically, or by mail. The bill requires the petition to be accompanied by the $28 court fee and other required fees, establishes requirements relating to the form for a petition filed electronically or by mail and the online posting of such a form by the Office of Court Administration, and sets out requirements relating to a hearing on a person's entitlement to file the petition conducted by the court that receives the petition before issuing the nondisclosure order. The bill prohibits the court from disclosing information contained in court records that is the subject of a nondisclosure order to the public, provides for disclosure of that information to certain entities and the person who is the subject of the order, and provides for the timely sealing of court records containing information subject to the order.