H.B. No. 1106

	AN ACT
	relating to providing certain information to a criminal defendant
	at the time the defendant is placed on deferred adjudication
	community supervision and at the time of the dismissal of certain
	proceedings against the defendant.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (c-1) to read
	as follows:
	(a-1)  Before placing a defendant on deferred adjudication
	community supervision under this section, the court shall inform
	the defendant of the defendant's right to petition the court for an
	order of nondisclosure under Section 411.081, Government Code,
	unless the defendant is ineligible to pursue that right because of:
	(1)  the nature of the offense for which the defendant
	is placed on deferred adjudication community supervision; or
	(2)  the defendant's criminal history.
	(c-1)  A judge who dismisses the proceedings against a
	defendant and discharges the defendant under Subsection (c) shall:
	(1)  provide the defendant with a copy of the order of
	dismissal and discharge; and
	(2)  if applicable, inform the defendant of the
	defendant's eligibility to petition the court for an order of
	nondisclosure under Section 411.081, Government Code, and the
	earliest date the defendant is eligible to file the petition for the
	order of nondisclosure.
	SECTION 2.  Section 5(a-1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as added by this Act, applies to a defendant placed on
	deferred adjudication community supervision on or after the
	effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the offense for
	which the defendant is placed on deferred adjudication community
	supervision is committed before, on, or after that date.
	SECTION 3.  Section 5(c-1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as added by this Act, applies to an order of dismissal
	and discharge entered on or after the effective date of this Act,
	regardless of whether the defendant is placed on deferred
	adjudication community supervision before, on, or after that date.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1106 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1106 was passed by the Senate on May
	16, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor