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.