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Senate Bill 1719 |
Senate Author: Ogden |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Chisum |
Senate Bill 1719 provides for the direct payment of certain claims and judgments against the state and for the specific appropriation of funds to pay for various claims, settlements, and judgments. The bill amends the Government Code to increase from $25,000 to $50,000 the maximum amount of a single claim or an aggregate of claims by a single claimant the comptroller is authorized to pay during a biennium without specific appropriation or in the event the appropriation has lapsed. The bill extends the maximum period within which a claim can be made from four years to eight years after the date the circumstances of the claim arose. Senate Bill 1719 also amends provisions of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code relating to determining the eligibility of a claimant for compensation for wrongful imprisonment.