| 1 | 1 | | 88R16938 CJD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Collier, González of El Paso H.B. No. 798 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 798: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Moody C.S.H.B. No. 798 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to crime victims' compensation for certain relocation and |
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| 10 | 10 | | housing rental expenses. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 56B.106(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) The attorney general may, after considering the |
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| 15 | 15 | | circumstances of the offense, award a [A] victim of stalking, |
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| 16 | 16 | | family violence, [or] trafficking of persons, or [a victim of] |
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| 17 | 17 | | sexual assault [who is assaulted in the victim's place of |
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| 18 | 18 | | residence,] or a child who is a victim of a murder attempt [in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | child's place of residence may receive] a one-time assistance |
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| 20 | 20 | | payment in an amount not to exceed: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) $2,000 to be used for relocation expenses, |
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| 22 | 22 | | including expenses for rental deposit, utility connections, |
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| 23 | 23 | | expenses relating to moving belongings, motor vehicle mileage |
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| 24 | 24 | | expenses, and for an out-of-state move, transportation, lodging, |
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| 25 | 25 | | and meals; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) $1,800 to be used for housing rental expenses. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 28 | 28 | | to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or |
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| 29 | 29 | | after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally |
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| 30 | 30 | | injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act |
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| 31 | 31 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, |
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| 32 | 32 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 33 | 33 | | purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred |
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| 34 | 34 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 35 | 35 | | underlying the conduct occurred before that date. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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