Sec. 615.022. PAYMENT TO SURVIVORS. (a) If there is an eligible surviving spouse, the state shall pay $500,000 to the eligible surviving spouse.
(b) If there is no eligible surviving spouse, the state shall pay $500,000 in equal shares to surviving children.
(c) If there is no eligible surviving spouse or child, the state shall pay $500,000 in equal shares to surviving parents.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.12(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1438, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 718 (H.B. 1278), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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