Bill Text: TX HB1202 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1202-Introduced.html
  88R1195 JSC-D
 
  By: Vasut H.B. No. 1202
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose
  parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 42.0375 to read as follows:
         Art. 42.0375.  MANDATORY RESTITUTION FOR CHILD OF VICTIM OF
  INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. (a) The court shall order a defendant
  convicted of an offense under Section 49.08, Penal Code, to pay
  restitution for a child whose parent or guardian was the victim of
  the offense.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Article 42.037(g) and subject to
  Subsection (c), the court shall determine an amount to be paid
  monthly for the support of the child until the child reaches 18
  years of age or has graduated from high school, whichever is later.
         (c)  The defendant may not be required to pay restitution
  under this article to an individual who is 21 years of age or older.
         (d)  The court shall determine an amount for restitution
  under this article that is reasonable and necessary to support the
  child, considering all relevant factors including:
               (1)  the financial needs and resources of the child;
               (2)  the financial needs and resources of the surviving
  parent or guardian or other current guardian of the child or, if
  applicable, the financial resources of the state if the Department
  of Family and Protective Services has been appointed as temporary
  or permanent managing conservator of the child;
               (3)  the standard of living to which the child is
  accustomed;
               (4)  the physical and emotional condition of the child
  and the child's educational needs;
               (5)  the child's physical and legal custody
  arrangements; and
               (6)  the reasonable work-related child care expenses of
  the surviving parent or guardian or other current guardian, if
  applicable.
         (e)  The order must require restitution payments to be:
               (1)  delivered in the manner described by Article
  42.037(g-2)(3); and
               (2)  directed to the parent or guardian of the child or
  the Department of Family and Protective Services, as applicable.
         (f)  If a defendant ordered to pay restitution under this
  article is unable to make the required restitution payments because
  the defendant is confined or imprisoned in a correctional facility,
  the defendant shall begin payments not later than the first
  anniversary of the date of the defendant's release from the
  facility. The defendant may enter into a payment plan to address
  any arrearage that exists on the date of the defendant's release.
  The defendant must pay all arrearages regardless of whether the
  restitution payments were scheduled to terminate while the
  defendant was confined or imprisoned in the correctional facility.
         (g)  The amount of restitution paid under this article shall
  be deducted from any civil judgment against the defendant as
  provided by Article 42.037(f)(2).
         (h)  A restitution order issued under this article may be
  enforced by the state, or by a person or a parent or guardian of the
  person named in the order to receive the restitution, in the same
  manner as a judgment in a civil action.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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