Bill Text: TX HB3976 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to civil enforcement of an order of restitution for a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3976 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3976-Introduced.html
  86R14363 SCL-D
 
  By: Leach H.B. No. 3976
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to civil enforcement of an order of restitution for a
  criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 42.037(m), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (m)  An order of restitution may be enforced by the state or a
  victim named in the order to receive the restitution in the same
  manner as a judgment in a civil action. After the court certifies
  the order, the state or victim may file the order with a trial court
  with civil jurisdiction, and the civil court shall immediately
  enter a civil judgment for the amount of the order that is effective
  the 30th day after the date the order is entered. The state or
  victim is not required to serve notice on the defendant to obtain
  the civil judgment.
         SECTION 2.  Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to an order of restitution not
  collected on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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