By: Phillips, Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2059          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;   May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the expunction of certain convictions or arrests of a   minor for certain alcohol-related offenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 106.12, Alcoholic   Beverage Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 106.12.  EXPUNCTION [EXPUNGEMENT] OF CONVICTION OR   ARREST RECORDS OF A MINOR.          SECTION 2.  Section 106.12, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsections   (e) and (f) to read as follows:          (c)  If the court finds that the applicant was not convicted   of any other violation of this code while he was a minor, the court   shall order the conviction, together with all complaints, verdicts,   sentences, prosecutorial and law enforcement records, and other   documents relating to the offense, to be expunged from the   applicant's record. After entry of the order, the applicant shall   be released from all disabilities resulting from the conviction,   and the conviction may not be shown or made known for any purpose.          (d)  Any person placed under a custodial or noncustodial   arrest for not more than one violation of this code while a minor   and who was not convicted of the violation may apply to the court in   which the person was charged to have the records of the arrest   expunged.  The application must contain the applicant's sworn   statement that the applicant was not arrested for a violation of   this code other than the arrest the applicant seeks to expunge.  If   the court finds the applicant was not arrested for any other   violation of this code while a minor, the court shall order all   complaints, verdicts, prosecutorial and law enforcement records,   and other documents relating to the violation to be expunged from   the applicant's record.          (e)  The court shall charge an applicant a fee in the amount   of $30 for each application for expunction [expungement] filed   under this section to defray the cost of notifying state agencies of   orders of expunction [expungement] under this section.          (f)  The procedures for expunction provided under this   section are separate and distinct from the expunction procedures   under Chapter 55, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   106.12, Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies to the expunction of   records of a conviction or arrest made before, on, or after the   effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *