By Ellis H.B. No. 355 77R2394 ATP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of a court to order a defendant required 1-3 to make restitution to pay interest on the restitution. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: 1-7 (o) The court, in addition to requiring a defendant to make 1-8 restitution to a victim under this article, may order the defendant 1-9 to pay to the victim interest on the restitution. The interest 1-10 accrues during the period beginning on the date the order of 1-11 restitution is issued and ending on the date the full amount of 1-12 restitution is paid, at the same rate as is provided for the 1-13 accrual of postjudgment interest in civil cases. 1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to 1-15 an order of restitution issued on or after the effective date of 1-16 this Act. 1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.