Honorable Terry Keel, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB171 by Keel (Relating to authority of a district court to order the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions for expunction of records to provide that the court ordering the expunction can be the trial court if that court is a district court, or, if the trial court was not a district court, then a district court in the county in which the trial court is located.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office Of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council