Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2798 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to add to the definition of "victim," in provisions relating to restitution liens, an individual who suffers damages as a result of a person evading arrest or detention using a motor vehicle. The bill also provides that the state has a restitution lien to secure the amount of damages incurred by the state as a result of an offense in which the defendant used a motor vehicle while in flight. The bill amends the Penal Code to increase the penalty for the offense of evading arrest or detention from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony if a defendant used a vehicle while committing the offense. It increases the penalty from a state jail felony to a third degree felony if the defendant used a vehicle while committing the offense and is a repeat offender.