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1. Upon dismissal of a case after a completion of_a deferred judgment or diversion or any other action resulting in dismissal of the case, the municipal court shall immediately order the case sealed and provide to the underage person and the prosecutor a copy of the order sealing the case for distribution by the appropriate party to all law enforcement agencies. 2. Upon the expiration of one year from the date of a conviction of a charge under this section, the defendant may petition the municipal court for an order _sealing the record of such municipal court charge. The court shall grant such petition if the petitioner has completed court ordered treatment and paid all fines and costs, and has not been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, petty offense, or criminal city ordinance violation during the period of one year following the date of such petitioner's conviction of charges under this section, unless such offenses are dismissed or the defendant is found not guilty of the charges. Section 4. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part be declared invalid. Section 5. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Louisville by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify, or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture, or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision, and each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings, and prosecutions for the enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture, or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree, or order which can or may be rendered, entered, or made in such actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions. Section 6. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portions hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict. INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3'd day of January, 2017. Robert P. Muckle, Mhyor Ordinance No, 1731, Series 2017 Page 8 of 9