By: Seliger S.B. No. 157
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of criminally injurious conduct for
  purposes of the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (4), Subsection (a), Section 56.32,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Criminally injurious conduct" means conduct
  that:
                     (A)  occurs or is attempted;
                     (B)  poses a substantial threat of personal injury
  or death;
                     (C)  is punishable by fine, imprisonment, or
  death, or would be punishable by fine, imprisonment, or death if the
  person engaging in the conduct possessed capacity to commit the
  conduct; and
                     (D)  does not arise out of the ownership,
  maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, aircraft, or water vehicle,
  unless the conduct is intended to cause personal injury or death or
  the conduct is in violation of Section 545.157 or 545.401,
  Transportation Code, and results in bodily injury or death, or is in
  violation of Section 550.021, Transportation Code, or one or more
  of the following sections of the Penal Code:
                           (i)  Section 19.04 (manslaughter);
                           (ii)  Section 19.05 (criminally negligent
  homicide);
                           (iii)  Section 22.02 (aggravated assault);
                           (iv)  Section 22.05 (deadly conduct);
                           (v)  Section 49.04 (driving while
  intoxicated);
                           (vi) [(v)]  Section 49.05 (flying while
  intoxicated);
                           (vii) [(vi)]  Section 49.06 (boating while
  intoxicated);
                           (viii) [(vii)]  Section 49.07 (intoxication
  assault); or
                           (ix) [(viii)]  Section 49.08 (intoxication
  manslaughter).
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or after
  the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally
  injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act
  is covered by the law in effect when the conduct occurred, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of
  this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense underlying
  the conduct occurred before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.