Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.458 — Emergency reserve
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.458
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) If the amount available in the fund is sufficient in a state fiscal year to make all compensation payments, the attorney general may retain any portion of the fund that was deposited during the fiscal year that exceeded compensation payments made during that fiscal year as an emergency reserve for the next fiscal year. The emergency reserve may not exceed $10,000,000. (b) The emergency reserve may be used only: (1) to make compensation awards in claims; and (2) to provide emergency relief and assistance, including crisis intervention, emergency housing, travel, food, or expenses and technical assistance expenses incurred in implementing this article in incidents resulting from an act of mass violence or from an act of international terrorism as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 2331, occurring in this state or for Texas residents injured or killed in an act of terrorism outside of the United States.
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