1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the expunction or clarification of certain criminal
 1-3     history record information.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Article 55.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
 1-6     amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
 1-7           (d)  A person is entitled to have any information that
 1-8     identifies the person, including the person's name, address, date
 1-9     of birth, driver's license number, and social security number,
1-10     contained in records and files relating to the arrest of another
1-11     person expunged if:
1-12                 (1)  the information identifying the person asserting
1-13     the entitlement to expunction was falsely given by the person
1-14     arrested as the arrested person's identifying information without
1-15     the consent of the person asserting the entitlement; and
1-16                 (2)  the only reason for the information identifying
1-17     the person asserting the entitlement being contained in the arrest
1-18     records and files of the person arrested is that the information
1-19     was falsely given by the person arrested as the arrested person's
1-20     identifying information.
1-21           SECTION 2.  Section 2, Article 55.02, Code of Criminal
1-22     Procedure, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and
1-23     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-24           (a)  A person who is entitled to expunction of records and
1-25     files under Article 55.01(a)(1)(B), [or] 55.01(a)(2), or 55.01(d)
 2-1     or a person who is eligible for expunction of records and files
 2-2     under Article 55.01(b) may file an ex parte petition for expunction
 2-3     in a district court for the county in which:
 2-4                 (1)  the petitioner [person] was arrested;
 2-5                 (2)  the person who falsely identified himself or
 2-6     herself as the petitioner was arrested, if the petitioner relies on
 2-7     an entitlement under Article 55.01(d); or
 2-8                 (3)  [in the county where] the offense was alleged to
 2-9     have occurred.
2-10           (b)  The petition must be verified and shall include the
2-11     following or an explanation for why one or more of the following is
2-12     not included:
2-13                 (1)  the petitioner's:
2-14                       (A)  full name;
2-15                       (B)  sex;
2-16                       (C)  race;
2-17                       (D)  date of birth;
2-18                       (E)  driver's license number;
2-19                       (F)  social security number; and
2-20                       (G)  address at the time of the arrest;
2-21                 (2)  the offense charged against the petitioner or the
2-22     person described by Subsection (a)(2);
2-23                 (3)  the date the offense charged against the
2-24     petitioner or the person described by Subsection (a)(2) was alleged
2-25     to have been committed;
2-26                 (4)  the date the petitioner or the person described by
 3-1     Subsection (a)(2) was arrested;
 3-2                 (5)  the name of the county where the petitioner or the
 3-3     person described by Subsection (a)(2) was arrested and if the
 3-4     arrest occurred in a municipality, the name of the municipality;
 3-5                 (6)  the name of the agency that arrested the
 3-6     petitioner or the person described by Subsection (a)(2);
 3-7                 (7)  the case number and court of offense; and
 3-8                 (8)  a list of all law enforcement agencies, jails or
 3-9     other detention facilities, magistrates, courts, prosecuting
3-10     attorneys, correctional facilities, central state depositories of
3-11     criminal records, and other officials or agencies or other entities
3-12     of this state or of any political subdivision of this state and of
3-13     all central federal depositories of criminal records that the
3-14     petitioner has reason to believe have records or files that are
3-15     subject to expunction.
3-16           (e)  In addition to the information required by Subsection
3-17     (b), if the petitioner relies on an entitlement to expunction under
3-18     Article 55.01(d), the verified petition must include authenticated
3-19     fingerprint records of the petitioner and must include the
3-20     following or a statement explaining the reason the following is not
3-21     included:
3-22                 (1)  the full name of the person arrested; and
3-23                 (2)  a statement that:
3-24                       (A)  the petitioner is not the person arrested
3-25     and for whom the arrest records and files were created; and
3-26                       (B)  the petitioner did not give the person
 4-1     arrested consent to falsely identify himself or herself as the
 4-2     petitioner.
 4-3           SECTION 3.  Section 5, Article 55.02, Code of Criminal
 4-4     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 4-5           Sec. 5.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), on [On]
 4-6     receipt of the order, each official or agency or other entity named
 4-7     in the order shall:
 4-8                 (1)  return all records and files that are subject to
 4-9     the expunction order to the court or, if removal is impracticable,
4-10     obliterate all portions of the record or file that identify the
4-11     person who is the subject of the order and notify the court of its
4-12     action; and
4-13                 (2)  delete from its public records all index
4-14     references to the records and files that are subject to the
4-15     expunction order.
4-16           (b)  Except in the case of a person who is the subject of an
4-17     expunction order on the basis of an acquittal or an expunction
4-18     order based on an entitlement under Article 55.01(d), the court may
4-19     give the person who is the subject of the order all records and
4-20     files returned to it pursuant to its order.
4-21           (c)  Except in the case of a person who is the subject of an
4-22     expunction order based on an entitlement under Article 55.01(d), if
4-23     [If] an order of expunction is issued under this article, the court
4-24     records concerning expunction proceedings are not open for
4-25     inspection by anyone except the person who is the subject of the
4-26     order unless the order permits retention of a record under Section
 5-1     4 of this article and the person is again arrested for or charged
 5-2     with an offense arising out of the transaction for which the person
 5-3     was arrested or unless the court provides for the retention of
 5-4     records and files under Section 4(a) of this article.  The clerk of
 5-5     the court issuing the order shall obliterate all public references
 5-6     to the proceeding and maintain the files or other records in an
 5-7     area not open to inspection.
 5-8           (d)  Except in the case of a person who is the subject of an
 5-9     expunction order on the basis of an acquittal or an expunction
5-10     order based on an entitlement under Article 55.01(d), the clerk of
5-11     the court shall destroy all the files or other records maintained
5-12     under Subsection (c) of this section on the first anniversary of
5-13     the date the order of expunction is issued unless the records or
5-14     files were released under Subsection (b) of this section.
5-15           (e)  The clerk shall certify to the court the destruction of
5-16     files or other records under Subsection (d) of this section.
5-17           (f)  On receipt of an order granting expunction to a person
5-18     entitled to expunction under Article 55.01(d), each official,
5-19     agency, or other entity named in the order:
5-20                 (1)  shall:
5-21                       (A)  obliterate all portions of the record or
5-22     file that identify the petitioner; and
5-23                       (B)  substitute for all obliterated portions of
5-24     the record or file any available information that identifies the
5-25     person arrested; and
5-26                 (2)  may not return the record or file or delete index
 6-1     references to the record or file.
 6-2           SECTION 4.  Subsection (c), Section 411.0421, Government
 6-3     Code, is amended to read as follows:
 6-4           (c)  On receipt of a declaration under this section, the
 6-5     department shall create a record of the individual's identity,
 6-6     including a record of the individual's unique password, in the
 6-7     criminal history record information maintained by the department
 6-8     under Subchapter F.  The department shall ensure that this record,
 6-9     including the unique password, is available online to any entity
6-10     [criminal justice agency] authorized to receive information from
6-11     the department under Subchapter F.
6-12           SECTION 5.  The change in law made by this Act applies to
6-13     arrest records and files created before, on, or after the effective
6-14     date of this Act.
6-15           SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
6-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
6-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
6-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
6-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1047 passed the Senate on
         April 20, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 0, one
         present not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
         amendment on May 24, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0,
         one present not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1047 passed the House, with
         amendment, on May 18, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 135,
         Nays 0, two present not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
         _______________________________
                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor