1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the limits on compensation paid by the state to certain
1-3 victims of crime.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 56.42, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) In addition to an award payable under Subsection (a),
1-8 the attorney general may award an additional $75,000 [$50,000] for
1-9 extraordinary pecuniary losses, if the personal injury to a victim
1-10 is catastrophic and results in a total and permanent disability to
1-11 the victim, for lost wages and reasonable and necessary costs of:
1-12 (1) making a home or automobile accessible;
1-13 (2) obtaining job training and vocational
1-14 rehabilitation;
1-15 (3) training in the use of special appliances; [and]
1-16 (4) receiving home health care;
1-17 (5) durable medical equipment;
1-18 (6) rehabilitation technology; and
1-19 (7) long-term medical expenses incurred as a result of
1-20 medically indicated treatment for the personal injury.
1-21 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-22 only to a claim for compensation from the compensation to victims
1-23 of crime fund based on an offense committed or a violation that
1-24 occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of
1-25 this section, an offense was committed or a violation occurred
2-1 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
2-2 or violation occurred before that date.
2-3 (b) A claim for compensation from the compensation to
2-4 victims of crime fund based on an offense committed or a violation
2-5 that occurred before the effective date of this Act is covered by
2-6 the law in effect when the offense was committed or the violation
2-7 occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-8 purpose.
2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1202 passed the Senate on
April 20, 2001, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred
in House amendment on May 9, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1202 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor