Bill Text: TX HB2595 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2595 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the value of personal property that is exempt from seizure to pay a crime victim under an order of restitution.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-10 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB2595 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2595-Introduced.html

	83R9791 TJS-F

	By: Parker	H.B. No. 2595



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the value of personal property that is exempt from
	seizure to pay a crime victim under an order of restitution.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 42.001, Property Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), personal
	[~~Personal~~] property, as described in Section 42.002, is exempt from
	garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure if:
	(1) the property is provided for a family and has an
	aggregate fair market value of not more than $60,000, exclusive of
	the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges
	encumbering the property; or
	(2) the property is owned by a single adult, who is not
	a member of a family, and has an aggregate fair market value of not
	more than $30,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security
	interests, or other charges encumbering the property.
	(a-1) In an action to enforce an order of restitution issued
	under Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, personal
	property, as described in Section 42.002, is exempt from
	garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure if:
	(1) the property is provided for a family and has an
	aggregate fair market value of not more than $20,000, exclusive of
	the amount of any liens, security interests, or other charges
	encumbering the property; or
	(2) the property is owned by a single adult, who is not
	a member of a family, and has an aggregate fair market value of not
	more than $10,000, exclusive of the amount of any liens, security
	interests, or other charges encumbering the property.
	SECTION 2. Section 42.001(a-1), Property Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to an order of restitution for an offense
	committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An order of
	restitution for 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, 2013.