89R15354 AJZ-F     By: Manuel H.B. No. 3744       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime   victims' compensation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:                (9)  "Intervenor" means an individual who goes to the   aid of another and is killed or injured in a good faith effort to:                      (A)  prevent a criminal offense [criminally   injurious conduct];                      (B)  apprehend a person reasonably suspected of   having engaged in criminally injurious conduct; or                      (C)  aid a peace officer.          SECTION 2.  Article 56B.003(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,   as amended by this Act, applies only to an action taken by an   intervenor on or after the effective date of this Act.  An action   taken by an intervenor before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the action was taken, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.