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| 1 | 1 | 86R14363 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leach H.B. No. 3976 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to civil enforcement of an order of restitution for a | |
| 8 | 8 | criminal offense. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 42.037(m), Code of Criminal Procedure, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (m) An order of restitution may be enforced by the state or a | |
| 13 | 13 | victim named in the order to receive the restitution in the same | |
| 14 | 14 | manner as a judgment in a civil action. After the court certifies | |
| 15 | 15 | the order, the state or victim may file the order with a trial court | |
| 16 | 16 | with civil jurisdiction, and the civil court shall immediately | |
| 17 | 17 | enter a civil judgment for the amount of the order that is effective | |
| 18 | 18 | the 30th day after the date the order is entered. The state or | |
| 19 | 19 | victim is not required to serve notice on the defendant to obtain | |
| 20 | 20 | the civil judgment. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, as | |
| 22 | 22 | amended by this Act, applies only to an order of restitution not | |
| 23 | 23 | collected on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |