By West S.B. No. 1570
77R6834 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the expunction of arrest records and files based on an
1-3 acquittal.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2(a), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A person who is entitled to expunction of records and
1-8 files under Article 55.01(a) [55.01(a)(1)(B) or 55.01(a)(2)] or a
1-9 person who is eligible for expunction of records and files under
1-10 Article 55.01(b) may file an ex parte petition for expunction in a
1-11 district court for the county in which the person was arrested or
1-12 in the county where the offense was alleged to have occurred.
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14 applies to the expunction of records and files relating to an
1-15 arrest regardless of whether the arrest occurred before, on, or
1-16 after the effective date of this Act.