Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 5, Chapter 103 - Compensation To Persons Wrongfully Imprisoned

SUBCHAPTER A ELIGIBILITY; NOTICE OF ELIGIBILITY

• Texas Section 103.001 - Claimants Entitled To Compensation And Health Benefits Coverage
  (a) A person is entitled to compensation if: (1) the person has served in whole or in part a sentence in prison under the laws...
• Texas Section 103.002 - Notice To Wrongfully Imprisoned Person
  (a) In this section: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. (2) "Penal institution" has the meaning assigned by Article 62.001, Code of...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING

• Texas Section 103.003 - Limitation On Time To File
  A person seeking compensation under this chapter must file an application with the comptroller for compensation under Subchapter B not later than the third anniversary...
• Texas Section 103.051 - Application Procedure
  Sec. 103.051. APPLICATION PROCEDURE. (a) To apply for compensation under this subchapter, the claimant must file with the comptroller's judiciary section: (1) an application for...
• Texas Section 103.052 - Lump-sum Compensation
  (a) A person who meets the requirements of Section 103.001 is entitled to compensation in an amount equal to: (1) $80,000 multiplied by the number...
• Texas Section 103.053 - Annuity Compensation Generally; Standard Annuity Payments
  (a) A person entitled to compensation under Section 103.001(a) is entitled to standard annuity payments under this section unless the person elects to receive alternative...
• Texas Section 103.0535 - Alternative Annuity Compensation
  (a) A person entitled to compensation under Section 103.001(a) may elect to receive reduced alternative annuity payments under this section instead of standard annuity payments....
• Texas Section 103.0536 - Designated Beneficiary
  (a) A claimant who selects a designated beneficiary to receive the remainder of the alternative annuity payments payable under Section 103.0535(c)(4) or (5) may designate:...

SUBCHAPTER C FEES

• Texas Section 103.054 - Payment Of Certain Tuition And Fees
  If requested by the claimant before the seventh anniversary of the relevant date described by Section 103.003, tuition for up to 120 credit hours, including...
• Texas Section 103.101 - Fees Limited; Prerequisites To Fee Agreement
  (a) A person, including an attorney, may not charge or collect a fee for preparing, filing, or curing a claimant's application under Section 103.051 unless...

SUBCHAPTER D PAYMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

• Texas Section 103.102 - Submission Of Fee Report
  (a) Together with an application for compensation under this chapter or not later than the 14th day after the date the application or cured application...
• Texas Section 103.151 - Administrative Payment Of Compensation
  (a) The comptroller shall make the compensation due a claimant under Section 103.052 and the lump-sum payment, if any, to be paid to the state...
• Texas Section 103.152 - Payment Of Compensation
  (a) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the comptroller shall provide a list of claimants entitled to payment under Subchapter B and...
• Texas Section 103.153 - Employees Not Liable After Payment Of Compensation
  (a) In this section, "employee" and "governmental unit" have the meanings assigned by Section 101.001. (b) A person who receives compensation under this chapter may...
• Texas Section 103.154 - Termination Of Payments
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), compensation payments under this chapter terminate if, after the date the claimant becomes eligible for compensation under Section...

Last modified: September 28, 2016