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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.257 — Calculation of initial payment

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.257

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.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.257Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The attorney general shall calculate the amount of an initial payment based on an injury suffered after September 1, 1989, by: (1) calculating the amount to which the peace officer is entitled under Article 56B.254 ; and (2) adding to that amount the cumulative successive cost-of-living adjustments for the intervening years calculated from the date of the injury.

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