By Tillery                                             H.B. No. 558
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to restitution paid by a defendant to a children's
 1-3     advocacy center providing services to the defendant's victim.
 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)  In addition to any other restitution order under this
 1-8     article, the court may order the defendant to pay restitution to a
 1-9     children's advocacy center established under Subchapter E, Chapter
1-10     264, Family Code, that provided services to the victim.  To be
1-11     eligible to receive restitution under this subsection, a children's
1-12     advocacy center must provide the court with sufficient
1-13     documentation to establish:
1-14                 (1)  actual provision of services to the victim; and
1-15                 (2)  actual cost of those services.
1-16           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article
1-17     42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to an order of
1-18     restitution issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-19           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.