SB562 SFAT #1 Takubo 3-4

Smith  7833

Senator Takubo moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill No. 562—A Bill to amend and reenact §61-11-26 and §61-11-26a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating generally to expungement of certain criminal convictions; allowing a person seeking expungement of convictions in multiple counties to file the petition in his or her county of residence; clarifying that prosecuting attorneys in any county of conviction wherein expungement is sought be provided notice of petition; eliminating the requirement that the chief law-enforcement officer or head of a municipal law-enforcement agency where the offense for which expungement is sought be given notice where such agency was not the arresting agency; modifying non-expungable offenses to allow expungement of burglaries of buildings which are not dwellings; allowing expungement of an unrelated felony if person has a conviction for driving under the influence if said driving under the influence conviction is at least five years old at the time the petition is filed; clarifying that Commissioner of Corrections be served with a copy of the petition for expungement if the petitioner was confined or imprisoned for the offense for which expungement is sought; clarifying that petitioner’s burden of proof as to convictions for which expungement is sought are the only convictions against him or her in the state; defining “expungement”; and directing that upon the granting of an order of expungement all public records other than those under court seal are moved and destroyed.

Adopted

Rejected