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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 103, Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 103.0015 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 103.0015. NATURE OF COMPENSATION. Compensation under |
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this chapter: |
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(1) represents damages for the physical injury of |
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wrongful incarceration; and |
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(2) is not subject to federal income tax. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to compensation awarded under |
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Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, without regard to |
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whether the compensation was awarded before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |