Bill Text: TX HB798 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to crime victims' compensation for certain relocation and housing rental expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Postponed 1/21/24 10:00 AM [HB798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB798-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to crime victims' compensation for certain relocation and housing rental expenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Postponed 1/21/24 10:00 AM [HB798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB798-Introduced.html
88R3925 CJD-D | ||
By: Collier | H.B. No. 798 |
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relating to crime victims' compensation for certain relocation and | ||
housing rental expenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 56B.106(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A victim of stalking, family violence, [ |
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of persons, or [ |
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attempt [ |
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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 moving belongings, motor vehicle mileage | ||
expenses, and for an out-of-state move, 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 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, 2023. |