| 1 | 1 | | 89R15353 AJZ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Manuel H.B. No. 3745 |
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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. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) The [Before acting on an application for compensation |
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| 15 | 15 | | under this chapter, the] attorney general may make an emergency |
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| 16 | 16 | | award for anticipated pecuniary losses if it appears likely that: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a final award will be made; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship |
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| 19 | 19 | | if immediate economic relief is not obtained. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) The limitations on emergency awards described by |
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| 21 | 21 | | Subsections (a)(1) and (c) do not apply to an application for |
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| 22 | 22 | | compensation under this chapter: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) made by a claimant in relation to a deceased |
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| 24 | 24 | | victim; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) arising from criminally injurious conduct that |
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| 26 | 26 | | resulted in a proclaimed state of emergency under Section 433.001, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Government Code. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended by this Act, applies only to compensation for criminally |
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| 30 | 30 | | injurious conduct occurring on or after the effective date of this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act. Compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring |
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| 32 | 32 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 33 | 33 | | effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is |
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| 34 | 34 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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| 35 | 35 | | criminally injurious conduct occurred before the effective date of |
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| 36 | 36 | | this Act if any element of the offense underlying the conduct |
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| 37 | 37 | | occurred before that date. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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