Bill Text: TX HB2772 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the definitions of family violence and household member for purposes of crime victims' compensation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2772 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2772-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Campos, Wu | H.B. No. 2772 |
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relating to the definitions of family violence and household member | ||
for purposes of crime victims' compensation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Articles 56B.003(6) and (7), Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(6) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 71.004 [ |
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(7) "Household member" means an individual who[ |
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the victim at the time that the criminally injurious conduct | ||
occurred. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to compensation for criminally injurious conduct occurring on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. Compensation for criminally | ||
injurious conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, criminally injurious conduct occurred | ||
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense | ||
underlying the conduct occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |