H.B. No. 2823




AN ACT

relating to the form of payments made to certain disabled peace 
officers under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Article 56.542, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l)  A peace officer who is entitled to an annual payment 
under Subsection (b) may elect to receive the payment in:
		(1)  a single payment paid each year; or                               
		(2)  equal monthly installments.                                       
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2823 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2823 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor