Bill Text: TX HB3145 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility to file for compensation by persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3145 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3145-Introduced.html
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By: Anchia | H.B. No. 3145 |
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relating to eligibility to file for compensation by persons | ||
wrongfully imprisoned. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 103.003, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 103.054, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.054. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TUITION AND FEES. If | ||
requested by the claimant before the seventh anniversary of the | ||
date the claimant received the pardon or was granted relief as | ||
required by Section 103.001 [ |
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charged under Section 54.0513, Education Code, or any other law | ||
granting an educational institution discretion to set the tuition | ||
rate, and any mandatory fees associated with attendance at the | ||
institution, charged by a career center or public institution of | ||
higher education shall be paid on behalf of the claimant. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |