| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2019; March 21, 2019, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | | - | April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act |
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| 12 | 8 | | for certain expenses. |
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| 13 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 56.42(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 15 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 12 | | (d) A [victim who is a] victim of stalking, family violence, |
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| 17 | 13 | | or trafficking of persons, [or] a victim of sexual assault who is |
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| 18 | 14 | | assaulted in the victim's place of residence, or a child who is a |
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| 19 | 15 | | victim of a murder attempt in the child's place of residence may |
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| 20 | 16 | | receive a onetime-only assistance payment in an amount not to |
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| 21 | 17 | | exceed: |
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| 22 | 18 | | (1) $2,000 to be used for relocation expenses, |
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| 23 | 19 | | including expenses for rental deposit, utility connections, |
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| 24 | 20 | | expenses relating to the moving of belongings, motor vehicle |
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| 25 | 21 | | mileage expenses, and for out-of-state moves, transportation, |
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| 26 | 22 | | lodging, and meals; and |
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| 27 | 23 | | (2) $1,800 to be used for housing rental expenses. |
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| 28 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 29 | 25 | | to a victim of a criminal offense committed on or after the |
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| 30 | 26 | | effective date of this Act. A criminal offense committed before the |
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| 31 | 27 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 32 | 28 | | date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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| 33 | 29 | | effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, a criminal |
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| 34 | 30 | | offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any |
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| 35 | 31 | | element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 36 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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