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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.102 — Emergency award
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 56B: CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.102
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) The attorney general may make an emergency award for anticipated pecuniary losses if it appears likely that: (1) a final award will be made; and (2) the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship if immediate economic relief is not obtained. (b) An emergency award may not exceed $1,500. (c) The amount of an emergency award must be: (1) deducted from the final award; or (2) repaid by and recoverable from the claimant or victim to the extent the emergency award exceeds the final award. (d) The limitations on emergency awards described by Subsections (a)(1) and (c) do not apply to an application for compensation under this chapter: (1) made by a claimant in relation to a deceased victim; and (2) arising from criminally injurious conduct that resulted in a proclaimed state of emergency under Section 433.001 , Government Code.
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