1-1 By: Lindsay S.B. No. 1413
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
1-4 April 23, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 23, 2001,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1413 By: Bivins
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the limit on compensation paid by the state to certain
1-11 crime victims.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Article 56.42, Code of Criminal
1-14 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, awards
1-16 payable to a victim and all other claimants sustaining pecuniary
1-17 loss because of injury or death of that victim may not exceed
1-18 $100,000 [$50,000] in the aggregate.
1-19 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-20 to a claim for compensation from the compensation to victims of
1-21 crime fund filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
1-22 claim for compensation filed before the effective date of this Act
1-23 is covered by the law in effect when the claim was filed, and the
1-24 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-25 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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