SB142 H JUD AMT 3-5 #1
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the bill as follows:
Com. Sub. for S. B. 142 -- "A Bill to amend and reenact §5-1- 16a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-11-26, all relating to expungement of certain criminal records generally; changing time frames for petitions for expungement after gubernatorial pardons; authorizing expungement of certain criminal convictions committed between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six; petition for expungement fee; time frame for eligibility for expungement; contents of the petition for expungement; service, notice and publication requirements for the petition for expungement; prosecutor and state agency opposition to the petition for expungement; burden of proof; court procedure for hearing and ruling upon the petition; crimes which are not eligible for expungement; and establishing procedures for sealing and later use of expunged records.