By: Shelton, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 1372
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 22, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of victim in relation to certain crime
victims' rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 56.01(3), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended by Chapters 66 (H.B. 1489) and 268 (S.B. 6), Acts of the
79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Victim" means a person who is the victim of the
offense of sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated robbery,
trafficking of persons, or injury to a child, elderly individual,
or disabled individual or who has suffered personal injury or death
as a result of the criminal conduct of another.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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