By Culberson H.B. No. 3363 75R1736 DAK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the ability of a convicted criminal to recover damages 1-3 for injuries arising from the commission of the offense. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 87.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, 1-6 is repealed. 1-7 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and 1-8 applies only to a claim for an injury sustained during the 1-9 commission of an offense occurring on or after that date. A claim 1-10 for an injury sustained during the commission of an offense 1-11 occurring before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 1-12 law applicable to the claim immediately before the effective date 1-13 of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.