Bill Text: TX SB110 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB110-Engrossed.html
By: West, Ellis | S.B. No. 110 |
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relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully | ||
imprisoned. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 103.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) A person is not entitled to compensation under | ||
Subsection (a) or group health benefit plan coverage under | ||
Subsection (d) for any part of a sentence in prison during which the | ||
person was also serving a concurrent sentence for another wrongful | ||
conviction for which the person has already received compensation | ||
under Subsection (a) or group health plan coverage under Subsection | ||
(d). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 103.003, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 103.003. LIMITATION ON TIME TO FILE. (a) A person | ||
seeking compensation under this chapter must file an application | ||
with the comptroller for compensation under Subchapter B not later | ||
than the third anniversary of the date: | ||
(1) the person on whose imprisonment the claim is | ||
based received a pardon as provided by Section 103.001(a)(2)(A); | ||
(2) the person's application for a writ of habeas | ||
corpus was granted as provided by Section 103.001(a)(2)(B); or | ||
(3) an order of dismissal described by Section | ||
103.001(a)(2)(C) was signed. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person seeking | ||
compensation under this chapter who received the pardon or was | ||
granted relief as described by Subsection (a) before September 1, | ||
1998, may file an application with the comptroller for compensation | ||
under Subchapter B not later than September 1, 2016. This | ||
subsection expires September 2, 2016. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |