Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 56.44. Payments
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Art. 56.44. PAYMENTS. (a) The attorney general may provide
for the payment of an award in a lump sum or in installments. The
attorney general shall provide that the part of an award equal to
the amount of pecuniary loss accrued to the date of the award be
paid in a lump sum. Except as provided in Subsection (b), the
attorney general shall pay the part of an award for allowable
expense that accrues after the award is made in installments.
(b) At the request of the claimant or victim, the attorney
general may provide that an award for future pecuniary loss be paid
in a lump sum if the attorney general finds that:
(1) paying the award in a lump sum will promote the
interests of the claimant or victim; or
(2) the present value of all future pecuniary loss does not
exceed $1,000.
(c) The attorney general may not provide for an award for
future pecuniary loss payable in installments for a period for
which the attorney general cannot reasonably determine the future
pecuniary loss.
(d) The attorney general may make payments only to an
individual who is a claimant or a victim or to a provider on the
individual's behalf.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.84(a), eff. Sept. 1,
1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 779, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1434, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Article: 56.38 56.385 56.39 56.40 56.41 56.42 56.43 56.44 56.45 56.46 56.47 56.48 56.49 56.50 56.51
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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