Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.052 · Subchapter B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
LUMP-SUM COMPENSATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 of years served in prison, expressed as a fraction to reflect partial years; and
(2) compensation for child support payments owed by the person on whose imprisonment the claim is based that became due and interest on child support arrearages that accrued during the time served in prison but were not paid.
(b) A person who, after serving a sentence in a Texas prison for which the person is entitled to compensation under Subsection (a)(1), was released on parole or required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, is entitled to compensation in an amount equal to $25,000 multiplied by the number of years served either on parole or as a registered sex offender, expressed as a fraction to reflect partial years.
(c) The amount of compensation under Subsection (a)(2) to which a person is entitled shall be paid on the person's behalf in a lump-sum payment to the state disbursement unit, as defined by Section 101.0302, Family Code, for distribution to the obligee under the child support order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1488, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1190 (H.B. 814), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 180 (H.B. 1736), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.103.htm
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Code of Criminal Procedure
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.052. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.001CLAIMANTS ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION AND HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE.Printed as Section 103.052
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.051APPLICATION PROCEDURE.Printed as Section 103.052(a)(2)
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.053ANNUITY COMPENSATION GENERALLY; STANDARD ANNUITY PAYMENTS.Printed as Sections 103.052(a)(1)
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 103.151ADMINISTRATIVE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION.Printed as Section 103.052 | Section 103.052(a)
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