By Shields                                             H.B. No. 130
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to restitution to be made by juveniles convicted of
    1-3  criminal activity.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Any juvenile convicted of a crime shall:
    1-6        a.  pay a percentage of his income to the victim of the
    1-7  offense, if any, to compensate the victim for any property damage
    1-8  or medical expenses sustained by the victim as a direct result of
    1-9  the commission of the offense, regardless of the probatement or
   1-10  deferment of any criminal sentence which has been assessed.  Such
   1-11  restitution shall be sufficient, but not more than enough to make
   1-12  the victim whole again;
   1-13        b.  pay any fine assessed, and all court costs whether a fine
   1-14  is assessed or not, in one or several sums;
   1-15        c.  reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
   1-16  instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
   1-17  the juvenile in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if the
   1-18  juvenile was represented by a county-paid public defender, in an
   1-19  amount that would have been paid to an appointed attorney had the
   1-20  county not had a public defender;
   1-21        d.  reimburse a law enforcement agency for the analysis,
   1-22  storage or disposal of raw materials, controlled substances,
   1-23  chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other materials seized
    2-1  in connection with the offense.
    2-2        SECTION 2.  An insurer or other third party who has made
    2-3  payments for the loss to the victim shall have a legal cause of
    2-4  action to recover that payment after any deductible or copayment
    2-5  has been made to the victim of the crime.
    2-6        SECTION 3.  When necessary, restitution ordered under this
    2-7  provision may be made in monthly installments, but such payments
    2-8  shall continue until the entire amount ordered has been paid
    2-9  without regard to the passage of time or the juvenile reaching the
   2-10  age of majority.
   2-11        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-12  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-13  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-14  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-15  days in each house be suspended, and that this Act take effect and
   2-16  be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.