Section 159.257 - Disposition of Criminal Charges and Expunction of Records(a) Except for acquittal of a criminal charge as provided by § 524.015(b) or § 724.048(c) of the Texas Transportation Code, the disposition or expunction of a criminal charge relating to an arrest that forms the basis of the ALR proceeding does not affect a driver's license suspension or bar any matter in issue in an ALR proceeding.(b) The records of ALR proceedings at SOAH are subject to expunction only upon receipt by SOAH of a judicial court order of expunction that complies with the requirements of Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 55.06.(c) A judicial court order of expunction based on the dismissal, and not the acquittal, of criminal charges does not require or authorize SOAH to expunge records relating to the ALR proceeding.1 Tex. Admin. Code § 159.257
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 31, August 2, 2024, TexReg 5765, eff. 8/4/2024