Bill Text: TX HB2079 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2079 (Prior Session Legislation)

TX State Legislature page for HB2079

Bill Title: Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for certain expenses.

Spectrum: 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




	AN ACT
	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 [~~victim who is a~~] victim of stalking, family violence,
	or trafficking of persons, [or] a victim of sexual assault who is
	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