By: Blanco S.B. No. 2601               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage   caused by certain criminal activities.          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) and   (c-1) 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   restore the soil to its agricultural use.          (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.          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.