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Senate Bill 808 |
Senate Author: Whitmire |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Gallego |
Senate Bill 808 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a claimant in a claim based on criminally injurious conduct in violation of provisions regarding criminal homicide to file an application for crime victims' compensation not later than three years after the date the identity of the victim is established by a law enforcement agency. The bill provides an exception to the prohibition against the attorney general awarding compensation for pecuniary loss arising from criminally injurious conduct that occurred before January 1, 1980, if the conduct was in violation of provisions regarding criminal homicide, the identity of the victim is established by a law enforcement agency on or after September 1, 2009, and the claimant files the application for compensation within the established limitations period.