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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definitions of family violence and household member |
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for purposes of crime victims' compensation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Articles 56B.003(6) and (7), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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(6) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 71.004 [71.004(1)], Family Code. |
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(7) "Household member" means an individual who[: |
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[(A) is related by consanguinity or affinity to |
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the victim; and |
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[(B)] resided in the same permanent household as |
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the victim at the time that the criminally injurious conduct |
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occurred. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally |
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injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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underlying the conduct occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |