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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sealing of records of certain juveniles placed on |
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determinate sentence probation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 58.003(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) A court may not order the sealing of the records of a |
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person who has received a determinate sentence for engaging in |
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delinquent conduct that violated a penal law listed in Section |
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53.045 or engaging in habitual felony conduct as described by |
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Section 51.031 unless the person was placed on determinate sentence |
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probation. The court may order the sealing of the records of a |
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person placed on determinate sentence probation after the court |
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holds a hearing to determine whether to seal the records if: |
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(1) the court discharged the person from the sentence |
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of probation under Section 54.051 or after the person successfully |
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completed the sentence; |
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(2) the person was not transferred to a district court |
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under Section 54.051; and |
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(3) the conditions listed under Subsections (a)(1) and |
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(2) and Subsections (c)(1)-(4) are met. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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sealing of records in the adjudication of a juvenile case on or |
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after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the |
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adjudication occurred before, on, or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |