78R4089 BDH-D


By:  Talton, Keel                                                 H.B. No. 1042


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of excess money in the compensation to victims of crime fund. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 56.541(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (c) For a state fiscal biennium, the legislature may appropriate to the attorney general from the compensation to victims of crime fund the amount of excess money in the fund certified for the biennium under Subsection (b) [to state agencies that deliver or fund victim-related services or assistance]. The attorney general may use funds appropriated under this subsection only for the support of victim-related services and assistance. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.