85S10712 LED-D
 
  By: Anchia H.B. No. 176
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to equalizing compensation for certain wrongfully
  imprisoned persons.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 103, Civil Practice and
  Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 103.0521 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 103.0521.  EQUALIZING COMPENSATION. (a)
  Notwithstanding Section 103.003, a person who received
  compensation under this chapter before September 1, 2009, is
  entitled to equalizing compensation as provided by Subsection (b).
         (b)  A person entitled to receive equalizing compensation
  under Subsection (a) shall receive an amount based on a present
  value sum equal to the amount the person would receive under
  Sections 103.052(a) and (b), if the person were to receive
  compensation under those subsections on September 1, 2009, less the
  total amount of money received by the person under Section 103.052
  before September 1, 2009.
         (c)  A person seeking equalizing compensation under this
  section must file an application with the comptroller for
  equalizing compensation not later than September 1, 2020. The
  comptroller shall make payments to a claimant under this section
  not later than the 30th day after the date the comptroller
  determines the claimant is eligible to receive compensation under
  this section.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.