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Amend CSHB 2386 (House Committee Report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, strike lines 5-6 and substitute the
following:
"adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) and amending Subsections (d)
and (e) to read as follows:"
(2) On page 1, between lines 17 and 18, insert the
following:
(c-2) If the court orders the sealing of a child's records
under Subsection (c-1), a prosecuting attorney or juvenile
probation department may maintain until the child's 17th birthday a
separate record of the child's name, date of birth, and date the
child successfully completed the drug court program. The
prosecuting attorney or juvenile probation department, as
applicable, shall send the record to the court as soon as
practicable after the child's 17th birthday to be added to the
child's other sealed records.
(3) On page 1, line 21, between "adjudication" and the
period, insert ", subject to Subsection (e)".
(4) On page 1, line 24, between "immediately" and "order"
insert "and without any additional hearing".
(5) On page 2, strike line 2, and substitute the following:
"(e) The court shall hold a hearing before sealing a
person's records under Subsection (a) or (c) unless the applicant
waives the right to a hearing in writing and the court and the
prosecuting attorney for the juvenile court consent. Reasonable"
(6) Strike page 2, line 13, through page 3, line 18.