By: Ellis, Van de Putte  S.B. No. 210
         (In the Senate - Filed January 11, 2007; January 30, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 7, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; March 7, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 103, Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 103.0015 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 103.0015.  NATURE OF COMPENSATION. Compensation under
  this chapter:
               (1)  represents damages for the physical injury of
  wrongful incarceration; and
               (2)  is not subject to federal income tax.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies to compensation awarded under
  Chapter 103, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, without regard to
  whether the compensation was awarded before, on, or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2007.
 
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