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