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