By Lindsay S.B. No. 1227
77R6726 ATP-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the use of the compensation to victims of crime fund to
1-3 reimburse a children's advocacy center for certain services
1-4 provided to or on behalf of victims of child abuse.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Article 56.54(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
1-7 amended by Chapters 1042 and 1434, Acts of the 75th Legislature,
1-8 Regular Session, 1997, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
1-9 (b) Except as provided by Subsections (h), [and] (i), (j),
1-10 and (k) and Article 56.541, the compensation to victims of crime
1-11 fund may be used only by the attorney general for the payment of
1-12 compensation to claimants or victims under this subchapter, the
1-13 operation of the Crime Victims' Institute created by Chapter 412,
1-14 Government Code, and other expenses in administering this
1-15 subchapter.
1-16 SECTION 2. Article 56.54, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
1-17 amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
1-18 (k) The attorney general may use the compensation to victims
1-19 of crime fund to reimburse a children's advocacy center established
1-20 under Subchapter E, Chapter 264, Family Code, for reasonable costs
1-21 incurred by the center in providing:
1-22 (1) medical treatment, therapy, or medical
1-23 evaluations, including laboratory work, to victims of child abuse;
1-24 or
2-1 (2) testimony on behalf of abused children in court
2-2 proceedings related to the abuse.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-4 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-5 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-6 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-7 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.