Tennessee HB 2440: Criminal Procedure - As introduced, specifies that unpaid court costs do not preclude a dismissal upon successful completion of other terms and conditions of diversion. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 40.

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HOUSE BILL 2440
By Farmer

HB2440
011711
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38
and Title 40, relative to diversion.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-313(b), is amended by
deleting the following:
Each application shall contain a notation by the clerk evidencing that all court costs are
paid in full, prior to the entry of an order of expunction.
and substituting the following:
Each application shall contain a notation by the clerk evidencing whether all court costs
are paid in full, prior to the entry of an order of expunction.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-313, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
( ) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1)(A), unpaid court costs shall not preclude a
dismissal upon successful completion of the other terms and conditions of diversion.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.