77R10951 GWK-F By Allen H.B. No. 1616 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1616: By Haggerty C.S.H.B. No. 1616 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to suspending crime victims' compensation payments 1-3 otherwise paid to a person imprisoned in the institutional division 1-4 of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended 1-7 by adding Article 42.025 to read as follows: 1-8 Art. 42.025. SUSPENSION OF CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION TO 1-9 INMATES. On sentencing a person to a term of imprisonment in the 1-10 institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 1-11 the court shall inform the person of the consequence of the 1-12 sentence imposed as it relates to the person's eligibility to 1-13 receive crime victims' compensation payments under Subchapter B, 1-14 Chapter 56. 1-15 SECTION 2. Article 56.44, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-16 amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-17 (e) A person convicted of an offense and sentenced to a term 1-18 of imprisonment in the institutional division of the Texas 1-19 Department of Criminal Justice who was eligible for and receiving 1-20 compensation as a victim or claimant on the date the person began 1-21 serving the sentence may not receive a payment under this 1-22 subchapter until the date the person discharges the sentence or is 1-23 released on parole or mandatory supervision. 1-24 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to 2-1 a person convicted of an offense committed on or after the 2-2 effective date of this Act. A person convicted of an offense 2-3 committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the 2-4 law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is 2-5 continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this 2-6 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this 2-7 Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. 2-8 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.