80R1159 BDH-D
 
  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.  Section 56.32(a)(4), 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
.