Amend CSHB 3255 as follows:
      (1)  On page 2, line 14, of the bill, strike "claimant" and
substitute "victim".
      (2)  Add SECTION 3 to read as follows and renumber the
subsequent sections:
      "SECTION 3. CRIMINAL OFFENSES OR VIOLATIONS. (a) The changes
in law made by this Act apply only to a victim of a criminal
offense committed or a violation that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this Act, a
criminal offense is committed or a violation occurs before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or
violation occurs before that date.
      (b)  A criminal offense committed or violation that occurs
before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
effect when the criminal offense was committed or the violation
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for this
purpose."