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| 1 | 1 | 85R1938 ADM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Collier H.B. No. 551 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a court to return certain fees to a | |
| 8 | 8 | person whose criminal record has been expunged. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 102.006, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c) A court that grants a petition for expunction of a | |
| 13 | 13 | criminal record may order that any fee, or portion of a fee, | |
| 14 | 14 | required to be paid under this article or other law in relation to | |
| 15 | 15 | the petition be returned to the petitioner. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to a petition for expunction filed on or after the effective date of | |
| 18 | 18 | this Act. A petition for expunction filed before the effective date | |
| 19 | 19 | of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the petition | |
| 20 | 20 | was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 21 | 21 | purpose. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |