By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1666     (Metcalf)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payment of restitution.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 493.035, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows:          (c-1)  The department shall transfer to the clerk of the   court that entered an order of restitution for which the department   received notice as described by Subsection (c)(1) a restitution   payment derived from unclaimed property for which a claim was filed   by the department as described by Subsection (a). The department   shall include with the restitution payment the last known address   of the victim available to the department, if any.          (c-2)  The department shall post on the department's   Internet website the contact information for a department employee   who is able to respond to inquiries from county officials regarding   a transferred restitution payment.          (c-3)  Information provided to the clerk of a court under   Subsection (c-1) is confidential and not subject to disclosure   under Chapter 552.          SECTION 2.  Section 508.322, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (c-3) to   read as follows:          (c)  When a parole panel orders the payment of restitution   from a releasee as provided by Article 42.037(h), Code of Criminal   Procedure, the department shall:                (1)  collect the payment for disbursement to the   victim;                (2)  deposit the payment in the releasee restitution   fund; [and]                (3)  transmit the payment to the clerk of the court that   entered the order of restitution as soon as practicable for the   clerk to remit the payment to the victim; and                (4)  provide at the time the payment is transmitted   under Subdivision (3) to the clerk of the court that entered the   order of restitution the last known address of the victim available   to the department, if any.          (c-3)  Information provided to the clerk of a court under   Subsection (c)(4) is confidential and not subject to disclosure   under Chapter 552.          (e)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make   a claim for payment before the third [fifth] anniversary of the date   the clerk of the court receives the initial restitution payment or   if, after the victim makes a claim for payment, the clerk is unable   to locate the victim for a period of three [five] years after the   date the clerk last made a payment to the victim, any unclaimed   restitution payments being held by the clerk for payment to the   victim are presumed abandoned.  The clerk of the court shall report   and deliver to the comptroller all unclaimed restitution payments   presumed abandoned under this section in the manner provided by   Chapter 77, Property Code.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.