HBA-BSM S.B. 1570 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1570 By: West, Royce Criminal Jurisprudence 4/30/2001 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the record of a not guilty verdict may only be expunged by a specific method and not by the standard method of expunction. This may impose an unnecessary burden by limiting the choice of methods whereby a person may seek expunction of the record of such a verdict. Senate Bill 1570 amends provisions to allow a person to also employ the standard method of expunction for the purposes of expunging a record of a not guilty verdict. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS Senate Bill 1570 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a person who has been arrested for commission of either a felony or misdemeanor and who is entitled to have all records and files relating to the arrest expunged to file an ex parte petition for expunction in a district court for the county in which the person was arrested or in the county where the offense was alleged to have occurred. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.