By: Blanco  S.B. No. 2601          (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Border Security;   April 16, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 16, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2601 By:  Hinojosa of Hidalgo     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the landowner compensation program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 56C.001(2), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:                (2)  "Border crime" means conduct:                      (A)  constituting an offense under:                            (i)  Subchapter D, Chapter 481, Health and   Safety Code;                            (ii)  Section 20.05, 20.06, or 38.04, Penal   Code; or                            (iii)  Chapter 20A, Penal Code; and                      (B)  involving transnational criminal activity.          SECTION 2.  Article 56C.003, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1),   (c-1), and (e) to read as follows:          (a)  From money appropriated for the purpose, the attorney   general shall establish and administer a program to compensate   landowners and lessees who suffer real property damage on   agricultural land caused by:                (1)  a trespasser as a result of an offense under   Chapter 28, Penal Code, that was committed in the course of or in   furtherance of a border crime; or                (2)  a law enforcement response to a trespasser who was   engaged in a border crime.          (b-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), damage caused to   agricultural land includes any debris, pollutants, or contaminants   left on the land during the applicable incident, and compensation   awarded under this article may include an amount necessary to clean   debris, pollutants, or contaminants.          (c-1)  The attorney general may not award compensation under   this article to a lessee for real property damage caused by a   trespasser described by Subsection (a)(1) unless the lessee   provides a notarized statement from the landowner authorizing the   lessee to directly receive compensation awarded under this article   for the damage.          (e)  On request by the attorney general and not later than   the 14th business day after the date of the request, a law   enforcement agency shall release to the attorney general all   reports, including witness statements and criminal history record   information, to allow the attorney general to determine whether a   person qualifies for an award of compensation under this article   and the extent of the damage.          SECTION 3.  Section 2251.052, Insurance Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  In setting rates, an insurer may not consider whether   a claim has been made by or on behalf of a policyholder in relation   to an event documented by a report described by Article 56C.003(c),   Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 4.  Section 2251.052(a-1), Insurance Code, as added   by this Act, applies only to an insurance policy that is delivered,   issued for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. A   policy delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed before January 1,   2026, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the   effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *