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	H.B. No. 1489



AN ACT



relating to the purposes for
which money in the compensation to victims of crime
fund may be used.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:


SECTION 1.  Article 56.01,
Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:


Art. 56.01.  DEFINITIONS.
 In this chapter:


	(1)  "Close relative of a
deceased victim" means a person who was the spouse
of a deceased victim at the time of the victim's death
or who is a parent or adult brother, sister, or child
of the deceased victim.


	(2)  "Guardian of a victim"
means a person who is the legal guardian of the victim,
whether or not the legal relationship between the guardian
and victim exists because of the age of the victim
or the physical or mental incompetency of the victim.


	(3)  "Victim" means a person
who is the victim of sexual assault, kidnapping, or
aggravated robbery or who has suffered personal
bodily injury or death as a result
of the criminal conduct of another.


SECTION 2.  Article 56.32(a),
Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subdivision
(13) to read as follows:


	(13)  "Victim-related services
or assistance" means compensation, services, or assistance
provided directly to a victim or claimant for the purpose
of supporting or assisting the recovery of the victim
or claimant from the consequences of criminally injurious
conduct.


SECTION 3.  Article 56.541(b),
Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:


(b)  At the time the attorney
general certifies the estimates made under Subsection
(a), the attorney general shall also certify for the
next state fiscal biennium the amount of excess money
in the compensation to victims of crime fund for purposes
of Subsection (c), calculated by subtracting
multiplying the amount estimated
under Subsection (a)(2) by 120 percent, and
subtracting that product from the sum of
the amounts estimated under Subsections (a)(1) and
(a)(3).


SECTION 4.  This Act takes
effect September 1, 2005.




______________________________	______________________________


   President of the Senate	Speaker
of the House      


I certify that H.B. No. 1489
was passed by the House on April 6, 2005, by a non-record
vote.



______________________________




Chief
Clerk of the House   



I certify that H.B. No. 1489
was passed by the Senate on May 3, 2005, by the following
vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.



______________________________




Secretary
of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________


                    Date 
        


           _____________________


                  Governor