Senate Bill 2685 Summary

• Requires judges, clerks, and prosecutors to have secure online access to nonadjudication records for DUI cases to determine eligibility for nonadjudication, first offender status, and expunction.

• Mandates that law enforcement certify they have searched driving records, confidential registries, and National Crime Information Center records for prior DUI convictions before a defendant enters a guilty plea.

• Clarifies trial court clerk duties to submit disposition information to the Department of Public Safety within five (5) days of availability, with a civil fine of $100 per violation for noncompliance.

• Extends the DUI Information-Exchange Improvement Advisory Committee until December 31, 2018, increases membership from 20 to 24 persons, and requires an annual report to the Legislature by December 1 each year.

• Extends the Mandatory Statewide Offense-Reporting System Task Force deadline to October 13, 2017, increases membership from 8 to 9 members, and dissolves the task force on December 31, 2017.