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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully |
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imprisoned persons. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 103.0521 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 103.0521. EQUALIZING COMPENSATION. (a) |
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Notwithstanding Section 103.003, a person who received |
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compensation under this chapter before September 1, 2009, is |
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entitled to equalizing compensation as provided by Subsection (b). |
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(b) A person entitled to receive equalizing compensation |
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under Subsection (a) shall receive an amount based on a present |
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value sum equal to the amount the person would receive under |
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Sections 103.052(a) and (b), if the person were to receive |
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compensation under those subsections on September 1, 2009, less the |
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total amount of money received by the person under Section 103.052 |
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before September 1, 2009. |
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(c) A person seeking equalizing compensation under this |
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section must file an application with the comptroller for |
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equalizing compensation not later than September 1, 2020. The |
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comptroller shall make payments to a claimant under this section |
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not later than the 30th day after the date the comptroller |
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determines the claimant is eligible to receive compensation under |
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this section. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |