By Zaffirini S.B. No. 169 77R1816 ATP-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the compensation to victims of sexual assault for 1-3 relocation and housing rental expenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 56.32(9), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (9) "Pecuniary loss" means the amount of expense 1-8 reasonably and necessarily incurred as a result of personal injury 1-9 or death for: 1-10 (A) medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric 1-11 care or counseling, or physical therapy; 1-12 (B) actual loss of past earnings and anticipated 1-13 loss of future earnings and necessary travel expenses because of: 1-14 (i) a disability resulting from the 1-15 personal injury; 1-16 (ii) the receipt of medically indicated 1-17 services related to the disability resulting from the personal 1-18 injury; or 1-19 (iii) participation in or attendance at 1-20 investigative, prosecutorial, or judicial processes related to the 1-21 criminally injurious conduct and participation in or attendance at 1-22 any postconviction or postadjudication proceeding relating to 1-23 criminally injurious conduct; 1-24 (C) care of a child or dependent; 2-1 (D) funeral and burial expenses; 2-2 (E) loss of support to a dependent, consistent 2-3 with Article 56.41(b)(5); 2-4 (F) reasonable and necessary costs of cleaning 2-5 the crime scene; 2-6 (G) reasonable replacement costs for clothing, 2-7 bedding, or property of the victim seized as evidence or rendered 2-8 unusable as a result of the criminal investigation; and 2-9 (H) reasonable and necessary costs, as provided 2-10 by Article 56.42(d), incurred by a victim of domestic violence or 2-11 sexual assault for relocation and housing rental assistance 2-12 payments. 2-13 SECTION 2. Article 56.42(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is 2-14 amended to read as follows: 2-15 (d) A victim who is a victim of domestic violence or sexual 2-16 assault may receive a onetime-only assistance payment in an amount 2-17 not to exceed: 2-18 (1) $2,000 to be used for relocation expenses, 2-19 including expenses for rental deposit, utility connections, 2-20 expenses relating to the moving of belongings, motor vehicle 2-21 mileage expenses, and for out-of-state moves, transportation, 2-22 lodging, and meals; and 2-23 (2) $1,800 to be used for housing rental expenses. 2-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The 2-25 changes in law made by this Act apply only to a victim of a 2-26 criminal offense committed or a violation that occurs on or after 2-27 the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this Act, a 3-1 criminal offense is committed or a violation occurs before the 3-2 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or 3-3 violation occurs before that date. A criminal offense committed or 3-4 a violation that occurs before the effective date of this Act is 3-5 covered by the law in effect when the criminal offense was 3-6 committed or the violation occurred, and the former law is 3-7 continued in effect for that purpose.