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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date on which certain criminal defendants are |
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eligible to file a petition for an order of nondisclosure. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.081(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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if a person is placed on deferred adjudication community |
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supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, subsequently receives a discharge and dismissal under |
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Section 5(c), Article 42.12, and satisfies the requirements of |
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Subsection (e), the person may petition the court that placed the |
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defendant on deferred adjudication for an order of nondisclosure |
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under this subsection. Except as provided by Subsection (e), a |
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person may petition the court for an order of nondisclosure |
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regardless of whether the person has been previously placed on |
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deferred adjudication community supervision for another |
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offense. After notice to the state, an opportunity for a hearing, |
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and a determination that the person is entitled to file the petition |
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and issuance of the order is in the best interest of justice, the |
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court shall issue an order prohibiting criminal justice agencies |
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from disclosing to the public criminal history record information |
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related to the offense giving rise to the deferred adjudication. A |
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criminal justice agency may disclose criminal history record |
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information that is the subject of the order only to other criminal |
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justice agencies, for criminal justice or regulatory licensing |
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purposes, an agency or entity listed in Subsection (i), or the |
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person who is the subject of the order. A person may petition the |
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court that placed the person on deferred adjudication for an order |
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of nondisclosure only on or after: |
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(1) the discharge and dismissal, if the offense for |
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which the person was placed on deferred adjudication was a |
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misdemeanor other than a misdemeanor described by Subdivision (2); |
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(2) the first [second] anniversary of the discharge |
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and dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on |
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deferred adjudication was a misdemeanor under Chapter 20, 21, 22, |
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25, 42, or 46, Penal Code; or |
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(3) the third [fifth] anniversary of the discharge and |
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dismissal, if the offense for which the person was placed on |
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deferred adjudication was a felony. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending |
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Section 411.081, Government Code, applies to a person who petitions |
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the court for an order of nondisclosure on or after the effective |
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date of this Act, regardless of whether the person is placed on |
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deferred adjudication community supervision before, on, or after |
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that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |