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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of a judgment against the state in favor of |
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Edmund Bryan Heimlich. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) For payment to Edmund Bryan Heimlich |
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according to the terms of a judgment in the case of Edmund Bryan |
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Heimlich v. State of Texas, Cause No. GN 100142, 353rd Judicial |
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District Court, there is appropriated to the comptroller of public |
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accounts from the General Revenue Fund Account No. 0001 an amount |
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not to exceed $720,000 for the state fiscal biennium beginning |
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September 1, 2007. |
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(b) A warrant may not be prepared for payment of the |
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judgment unless the judgment is: |
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(1) certified by the attorney general as being final |
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with no further appeals available; and |
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(2) approved by the attorney general as a legally |
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enforceable obligation of the state. |
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(c) Following the certification and approval under |
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Subsection (b) of this section, the comptroller shall issue a |
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warrant as soon as possible in favor of Edmund Bryan Heimlich in |
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payment of the judgment and mail or deliver the warrant to Edmund |
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Bryan Heimlich or his authorized representative. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |