89R15353 AJZ-F
By: Manuel H.B. No. 3745
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to crime victims' compensation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to
read as follows:
(a) The [Before acting on an application for compensation
under this chapter, the] attorney general may make an emergency
award for anticipated pecuniary losses if it appears likely that:
(1) a final award will be made; and
(2) the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship
if immediate economic relief is not obtained.
(d) The limitations on emergency awards described by
Subsections (a)(1) and (c) do not apply to an application for
compensation under this chapter:
(1) made by a claimant in relation to a deceased
victim; and
(2) arising from criminally injurious conduct that
resulted in a proclaimed state of emergency under Section 433.001,
Government Code.
SECTION 2. Article 56B.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended 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, 2025.