| 1 | 1 | | 89R12110 MCF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1336 |
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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 the amount of certain awards under the Crime Victims' |
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| 10 | 10 | | Compensation Act. |
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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. Articles 56B.106(b) and (e), Code of Criminal |
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| 13 | 13 | | Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) In addition to an award payable under Subsection (a), |
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| 15 | 15 | | the attorney general may award not more than $100,000 [$75,000] for |
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| 16 | 16 | | extraordinary pecuniary loss if the personal injury to a victim is |
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| 17 | 17 | | catastrophic and results in a total and permanent disability to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | victim. An award described by this subsection may be made for lost |
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| 19 | 19 | | wages and the reasonable and necessary costs of: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) making a home or motor vehicle accessible; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) obtaining job training and vocational |
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| 22 | 22 | | rehabilitation; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) training in the use of a special appliance; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) receiving home health care; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) durable medical equipment; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) rehabilitation technology; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (7) long-term medical expenses incurred as a result of |
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| 28 | 28 | | medically indicated treatment for the personal injury. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (e) The attorney general by rule may establish a limitation |
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| 30 | 30 | | on any other pecuniary loss compensated under this chapter, |
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| 31 | 31 | | including a limitation on pecuniary loss incurred as a result of a |
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| 32 | 32 | | claimant's travel to and attendance of a deceased victim's funeral. |
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| 33 | 33 | | A limitation established under this subsection on pecuniary loss |
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| 34 | 34 | | incurred for funeral and burial expenses, including expenses |
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| 35 | 35 | | related to a claimant's travel to and attendance of a deceased |
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| 36 | 36 | | victim's funeral, may not be less than $9,000. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 38 | 38 | | to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or |
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| 39 | 39 | | after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally |
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| 40 | 40 | | injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act |
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| 41 | 41 | | is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, |
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| 42 | 42 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 43 | 43 | | purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred |
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| 44 | 44 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 45 | 45 | | underlying the conduct occurred before that date. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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