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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the availability of information regarding |
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convictions and deferred dispositions for fine-only misdemeanors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall |
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conduct a study on how records regarding Class C misdemeanors, |
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other than traffic offenses, are handled in different Texas |
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counties. |
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(b) The study shall address: |
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(1) the public availability of Class C misdemeanor |
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conviction records; |
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(2) the public availability of any records relating to |
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a suspension of sentence and deferral of final disposition for a |
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Class C misdemeanor under Article 45.051, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; and |
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(3) the public availability of any records described |
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by Subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection that are related to a |
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child. |
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(c) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Public |
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Safety shall issue a report on the study required under this section |
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to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the |
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house of representatives and the senate. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |