By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3636       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.  Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (y) to read as follows:          (y)  If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make   a claim for payment before the third 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 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 shall be   transferred to the compensation to victims of crimes fund.          SECTION 2.  Section 493.035, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:          (e)  If the department transfers a restitution payment to a   county, the department shall include the last known address of the   victim.          (f)  The department transferring a restitution payment to   the clerk shall include a history of past payments made to the   victim by the department to include the following:                (1)  the date each payment was made;                (2)  the amount of each payment;                (3)  the address each payment was sent to; and                (4)  the ending balance of payments made to the victim   during the departments collection period.          (g)  Information provided to a clerk of the court under   Subsections (e) and (f) is confidential and not subject to public   disclosure under Chapter 552.          SECTION 3.  Sections 508.322, Government Code, are 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, a payment history described   by 493.035(f), and the last known address of the victim 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.          (c-3)  Information provided to a clerk of the court under   Subsection (c)(3) is confidential and not subject to public   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 shall be transferred to the compensation to victims of   crimes fund [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 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.