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House Bill 4464 |
House Author: Gallego |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar |
Previous law required the criminal judgment of a court that orders restitution to be paid to the victim to reflect the name and permanent address of the victim or, if the court determined the inclusion of such information was not in the best interest of the victim, the name and address of a person or agency that would accept and forward the restitution payments to the victim. House Bill 4464 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require such a criminal judgment of a court to reflect the name and address of a person or agency that will accept and forward restitution payments to the victim, or if the court specifically elects to have payments made directly to the crime victim, the name and permanent address of the victim at the time of judgment. The bill applies this change to an order of restitution with respect to the direct recipient of a defendant's restitution.