LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 7, 2025 TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1667 by Zaffirini (Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.), As Introduced The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to a lack of available case-level data. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to adjust fee collections and procedures for certain expunctions. The bill would require court clerks to charge a new $25 fee for each official, agency, or other governmental entity that is listed in a petition for expungement and that is unable to receive electronic transmission of the expungement record. The bill would also repeal certain expungement fees, including fees charged for filing an ex parte petition in a civil action in a district court, a $1 fee for mailing a notice of hearing date, and a $2 fee for mailing certified copies of an order of expunction.According to information provided by the Office of Court Administration, any changes in revenue to the state can not be determined due to an unknown number of petitions and orders filed pursuant to the provisions of the bill. Local Government ImpactAccording to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the $25 fee would be a new source of revenue for local entities, but the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of petitions and orders filed under the provisions of the bill being unknown. Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, DA, JPa, MW
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 7, 2025
TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1667 by Zaffirini (Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1667 by Zaffirini (Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.), As Introduced
Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1667 by Zaffirini (Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.), As Introduced
SB1667 by Zaffirini (Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.), As Introduced
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to a lack of available case-level data.
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to a lack of available case-level data.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to adjust fee collections and procedures for certain expunctions. The bill would require court clerks to charge a new $25 fee for each official, agency, or other governmental entity that is listed in a petition for expungement and that is unable to receive electronic transmission of the expungement record. The bill would also repeal certain expungement fees, including fees charged for filing an ex parte petition in a civil action in a district court, a $1 fee for mailing a notice of hearing date, and a $2 fee for mailing certified copies of an order of expunction.According to information provided by the Office of Court Administration, any changes in revenue to the state can not be determined due to an unknown number of petitions and orders filed pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
The bill would require court clerks to charge a new $25 fee for each official, agency, or other governmental entity that is listed in a petition for expungement and that is unable to receive electronic transmission of the expungement record. The bill would also repeal certain expungement fees, including fees charged for filing an ex parte petition in a civil action in a district court, a $1 fee for mailing a notice of hearing date, and a $2 fee for mailing certified copies of an order of expunction.
According to information provided by the Office of Court Administration, any changes in revenue to the state can not be determined due to an unknown number of petitions and orders filed pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
Local Government Impact
According to the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the $25 fee would be a new source of revenue for local entities, but the fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the number of petitions and orders filed under the provisions of the bill being unknown.
Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, DA, JPa, MW
JMc, MGol, DA, JPa, MW