84R1078 JSC-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 327
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the availability of information regarding
convictions and deferred dispositions for fine-only misdemeanors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall
conduct a study on how records regarding Class C misdemeanors,
other than traffic offenses, are handled in different Texas
counties.
(b) The study shall address:
(1) the public availability of Class C misdemeanor
conviction records;
(2) the public availability of any records relating to
a suspension of sentence and deferral of final disposition for a
Class C misdemeanor under Article 45.051, Code of Criminal
Procedure; and
(3) the public availability of any records described
by Subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection that are related to a
child.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Public
Safety shall issue a report on the study required under this section
to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the
house of representatives and the senate.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.