89R17321 MCF-F
By: Fairly H.B. No. 2355
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure or release of certain information
received by the attorney general regarding an application for
compensation from the crime victims' compensation fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 56B.058(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) An application for compensation under this chapter and
any information, document, summary, or other record provided to or
received, maintained, or created by the attorney general under this
chapter, including a report released to the attorney general under
Article 56B.054(f), is:
(1) except as provided by Section 552.132(c),
Government Code, not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 of
that code; and
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), not subject
to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal
compulsion for release.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.