CALCULATION OF INITIAL PAYMENT
Known as the Crime Victims' Compensation Act
The act spans §§ 56B.001 to 56B.552 (88 sections).
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.06, eff
The attorney general shall calculate the amount of an initial payment based on an injury suffered after September 1, 1989, by:
(1) calculating the amount to which the peace officer is entitled under Article 56B.254; and
(2) adding to that amount the cumulative successive cost-of-living adjustments for the intervening years calculated from the date of the injury.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.