85R1640 ADM-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 677
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sealing of records of certain juveniles placed on
determinate sentence probation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 58.003(b), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A court may not order the sealing of the records of a
person who has received a determinate sentence for engaging in
delinquent conduct that violated a penal law listed in Section
53.045 or engaging in habitual felony conduct as described by
Section 51.031 unless the person was placed on determinate sentence
probation. The court may order the sealing of the records of a
person placed on determinate sentence probation after the court
holds a hearing to determine whether to seal the records if:
(1) the court discharged the person from the sentence
of probation under Section 54.051 or after the person successfully
completed the sentence;
(2) the person was not transferred to a district court
under Section 54.051; and
(3) the conditions listed under Subsections (a)(1) and
(2) and Subsections (c)(1)-(4) are met.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
sealing of records in the adjudication of a juvenile case on or
after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the
adjudication occurred before, on, or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.