Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB146 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R531 MAW-D
2	2	By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 146
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to compensation to victims of stalking for relocation and
8	8	housing rental expenses.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Article 56.32(a)(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,
11	11	is amended to read as follows:
12	12	(9) "Pecuniary loss" means the amount of expense
13	13	reasonably and necessarily incurred as a result of personal injury
14	14	or death for:
15	15	(A) medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric
16	16	care or counseling, or physical therapy;
17	17	(B) actual loss of past earnings and anticipated
18	18	loss of future earnings and necessary travel expenses because of:
19	19	(i) a disability resulting from the
20	20	personal injury;
21	21	(ii) the receipt of medically indicated
22	22	services related to the disability resulting from the personal
23	23	injury; or
24	24	(iii) participation in or attendance at
25	25	investigative, prosecutorial, or judicial processes related to the
26	26	criminally injurious conduct and participation in or attendance at
27	27	any postconviction or postadjudication proceeding relating to
28	28	criminally injurious conduct;
29	29	(C) care of a child or dependent;
30	30	(D) funeral and burial expenses, including, for
31	31	an immediate family member or household member of the victim, the
32	32	necessary expenses of traveling to and attending the funeral;
33	33	(E) loss of support to a dependent, consistent
34	34	with Article 56.41(b)(5);
35	35	(F) reasonable and necessary costs of cleaning
36	36	the crime scene;
37	37	(G) reasonable replacement costs for clothing,
38	38	bedding, or property of the victim seized as evidence or rendered
39	39	unusable as a result of the criminal investigation;
40	40	(H) reasonable and necessary costs for
41	41	relocation and housing rental assistance payments [,] as provided
42	42	by Article 56.42(d)[, incurred by a victim of family violence or a
43	43	victim of sexual assault who is assaulted in the victim's place of
44	44	residence for relocation and housing rental assistance payments];
45	45	(I) for an immediate family member or household
46	46	member of a deceased victim, bereavement leave of not more than 10
47	47	work days; and
48	48	(J) reasonable and necessary costs of traveling
49	49	to and from a place of execution for the purpose of witnessing the
50	50	execution, including one night's lodging near the place at which
51	51	the execution is conducted.
52	52	SECTION 2. Article 56.42(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
53	53	amended to read as follows:
54	54	(d) A victim who is a victim of stalking, family violence,
55	55	or [a victim of] trafficking of persons, or a victim of sexual
56	56	assault who is assaulted in the victim's place of residence, may
57	57	receive a onetime-only assistance payment in an amount not to
58	58	exceed:
59	59	(1) $2,000 to be used for relocation expenses,
60	60	including expenses for rental deposit, utility connections,
61	61	expenses relating to the moving of belongings, motor vehicle
62	62	mileage expenses, and for out-of-state moves, transportation,
63	63	lodging, and meals; and
64	64	(2) $1,800 to be used for housing rental expenses.
65	65	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
66	66	to a victim of a criminal offense committed or a violation that
67	67	occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. The victim of a
68	68	criminal offense committed or a violation that occurs before the
69	69	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
70	70	date the offense was committed or the violation occurred, and the
71	71	former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
72	72	this section, a criminal offense was committed or a violation
73	73	occurred before the effective date of this Act if any element of the
74	74	offense or violation occurred before that date.
75	75	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.