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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to annuity payments to the surviving spouse of a person |
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wrongfully imprisoned. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 103.053, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) On the death of a person receiving annuity payments |
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under this section, the person's surviving spouse is entitled to |
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the annuity payments for the life of the surviving spouse. |
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SECTION 2. Section 103.154(b), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Annuity payments to a person under Section 103.151(b) |
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terminate on the later of the date of the person's death or the date |
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of the death of the person's surviving spouse. Any payments |
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scheduled to be paid after that date are credited to the state and |
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may not be paid to any other person, including the [person's
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surviving spouse,] heirs, devisees, or beneficiaries under the |
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person's will, or to the person's estate. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an annuity of a person who dies on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. The annuity of a person who dies before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |