H.B. No. 3603         AN ACT   relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on   parole or to mandatory supervision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 508.322, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) and adding Subsections   (c-1) and (c-2) 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 [to the victim] as soon as   practicable for the clerk to remit the payment to the victim.          (c-1)  The department shall include the releasee's name and   other relevant identifying information, the cause number, and the   payment amount when transmitting a payment to the clerk of the court   under Subsection (c)(3).          (c-2)  On receipt of a payment transmitted to the clerk of   the court under Subsection (c)(3), the clerk shall process and   account for the payment in the same manner as if the payment had   been made directly to the clerk.          (d)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution cannot be   located, immediately after receiving a final payment in   satisfaction of an order of restitution for the victim, the clerk of   the court [department] shall attempt to notify the victim of that   fact by certified mail, mailed to the last known address of the   victim.  If a victim then makes a claim for payment, the clerk of   the court [department] promptly shall remit the payment to the   victim.          (e)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make   a claim for payment before the fifth anniversary of the date the   clerk of the court [department] receives the initial restitution   payment or if, after the victim makes a claim for payment, the clerk   [department] is unable to locate the victim for a period of five   years after the date the clerk [department] last made a payment to   the victim, any unclaimed restitution payments being held by the   clerk [department] for payment to the victim are presumed   abandoned.  The clerk of the court [department] 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.          (f)  If on March 1 a clerk of the court [department] is not   holding unclaimed restitution payments that are presumed abandoned   under this section, the clerk [department] shall file a property   report under Section 77.051, Property Code, that certifies that the   clerk [department] is not holding any unclaimed restitution   payments that are presumed abandoned under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3603 was passed by the House on May   11, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 5, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 3603 was passed by the Senate on May   24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor