1-1     By:  Zaffirini, Barrientos                            S.B. No. 1202
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 9, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1202                    By:  West
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the limits on compensation paid by the state to certain
1-11     victims of crime.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Article 56.42, Code of Criminal
1-14     Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-15           (b)  In addition to an award payable under Subsection (a),
1-16     the attorney general may award an additional $75,000 [$50,000] for
1-17     extraordinary pecuniary losses, if the personal injury to a victim
1-18     is catastrophic and results in a total and permanent disability to
1-19     the victim, for lost wages and reasonable and necessary costs of:
1-20                 (1)  making a home or automobile accessible;
1-21                 (2)  obtaining job training and vocational
1-22     rehabilitation;
1-23                 (3)  training in the use of special appliances; [and]
1-24                 (4)  receiving home health care;
1-25                 (5)  durable medical equipment;
1-26                 (6)  rehabilitation technology; and
1-27                 (7)  long-term medical expenses incurred as a result of
1-28     medically indicated treatment for the personal injury.
1-29           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-30     only to a claim for compensation from the compensation to victims
1-31     of crime fund based on an offense committed or a violation that
1-32     occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.  For purposes of
1-33     this section, an offense was committed or a violation occurred
1-34     before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-35     or violation occurred before that date.
1-36           (b)  A claim for compensation from the compensation to
1-37     victims of crime fund based on an offense committed or a violation
1-38     that occurred before the effective date of this Act is covered by
1-39     the law in effect when the offense was committed or the violation
1-40     occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-41     purpose.
1-42           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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