88R7092 EAS-D     By: Parker S.B. No. 1391       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to restitution payments made to certain victims of theft.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:          (d-1)  Notwithstanding any other law, if the court orders   restitution under this article to be made to a victim of an offense   under Section 31.03, Penal Code, and the court determines that the   defendant committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense   under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code, the court shall order   the restitution to be paid from the compensation to victims of crime   fund established under Subchapter J, Chapter 56B. The court may not   order the defendant to make restitution to the victim or to   reimburse the compensation to victims of crime fund for any amount   paid under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  Article 56B.453, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:          (e)  The attorney general shall use the fund to pay   court-ordered restitution as required by Article 42.037(d-1) to a   victim of an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the   defendant committed the offense solely as a victim of an offense   under Section 20A.02 or 20A.03, Penal Code.          SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this   Act.  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.