HB 689

This bill authorizes court clerks in Hamilton County, Knox County, Davidson County, and Shelby County to implement an automatic expungement processing pr ogram that initiates processing the expungement of public records, without petition by the person, certification under present law , or order of the court, of any person entitled to an expungement without cost . Upon notice from the court clerk of an expung ement under this bill , other agencies and officials must treat such notice the same as the receipt of an order of expungement from the court. The court clerk must maintain a confidential record of all cases expunged under this bill, which is only accessib le by the person whose records were expunged, law enforcement agencies, courts, or other governmental agencies performing official functions. Court clerks are not responsible for the continued maintenance of an expungement program under this bill and are not liable for any errors or omissions under the program.