Bill Text: TX HB2079 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for certain expenses.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2079-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2079 | ||
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| relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act | ||
| for certain expenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 56.42(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A [ |
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| or trafficking of persons, [ |
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| assaulted in the victim's place of residence, or a child who is a | ||
| victim of a murder attempt in the child's place of residence may | ||
| receive a onetime-only assistance payment in an amount not to | ||
| exceed: | ||
| (1) $2,000 to be used for relocation expenses, | ||
| including expenses for rental deposit, utility connections, | ||
| expenses relating to the moving of belongings, motor vehicle | ||
| mileage expenses, and for out-of-state moves, transportation, | ||
| lodging, and meals; and | ||
| (2) $1,800 to be used for housing rental expenses. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to a victim of a criminal offense committed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A criminal 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, a criminal | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2079 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2079 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
