Bill Text: TX SB1133 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage caused by certain criminal activities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1133-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage caused by certain criminal activities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1133 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1133-Introduced.html
2023S0105-1 02/07/23 | ||
By: Blanco, et al. | S.B. No. 1133 |
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relating to a grant program to compensate certain property owners | ||
for damages caused by criminal activities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Title 1, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 56C to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 56C. GRANT PROGRAM FOR LANDOWNER COMPENSATION | ||
FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES | ||
Sec. 56C.01. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Agricultural land" includes any land the use of | ||
which qualifies the land for appraisal based on agricultural use as | ||
defined under Subchapter D, Chapter 23, Tax Code. | ||
(2) "Property damage" means any damage as a result of | ||
the commission of an offense listed in Chapter 28, Penal Code. | ||
(3) "Trespasser" means a trespasser as defined by | ||
Section 75.007, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. | ||
(b) The attorney general shall establish and administer a | ||
grant program to compensate landowners who suffer property damage | ||
on agricultural land by a trespasser as a result of the commission | ||
of an offense under Section 20.05 or 38.04, Penal Code, any offense | ||
under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, or any offense under Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(c) The attorney general shall establish: | ||
(1) eligibility criteria for grant applicants; | ||
(2) grant application procedures; | ||
(3) criteria for evaluating grant applications and | ||
awarding grants; | ||
(4) guidelines related to grant amounts; and | ||
(5) procedures for monitoring the use of a grant | ||
awarded under this section and ensuring compliance with any | ||
conditions of the grant. | ||
(d) The eligibility criteria established under Subsection | ||
(c)(1) must include a requirement that the applicant promptly | ||
reported the offense to an appropriate law enforcement agency. | ||
(e) The attorney general may use any revenue available for | ||
purposes of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |