HB2655 — Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases.

HB2655 — Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases. · Informed CitizenryThe bill amends several sections of Kansas law concerning expungement of criminal records related to city ordinance violations and establishes a specialty court program. Under K.S.A. 12-4516, a pe…Open in Informed Citizenry