Bill Text: TX SB1391 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restitution payments made to certain victims of theft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1391-Introduced.html
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| By: Parker | S.B. No. 1391 | |
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| relating to restitution payments made to certain victims of theft. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) Notwithstanding any other law, if the court orders | ||
| restitution under this article to be made to a victim of an offense | ||
| under Section 31.03, Penal Code, and the court determines that the | ||
| defendant committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense | ||
| under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code, the court shall order | ||
| the restitution to be paid from the compensation to victims of crime | ||
| fund established under Subchapter J, Chapter 56B. The court may not | ||
| order the defendant to make restitution to the victim or to | ||
| reimburse the compensation to victims of crime fund for any amount | ||
| paid under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Article 56B.453, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The attorney general shall use the fund to pay | ||
| court-ordered restitution as required by Article 42.037(d-1) to a | ||
| victim of an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the | ||
| defendant committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense | ||
| under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
