Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0371 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
MANDATORY RESTITUTION FOR KIDNAPPED OR ABDUCTED CHILDREN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The court shall order a defendant convicted of an offense under Chapter 20, Penal Code, or Section 25.03, 25.031, or 25.04, Penal Code, to pay restitution in an amount equal to the cost of necessary rehabilitation, including medical, psychiatric, and psychological care and treatment, for the victim of the offense if the victim is younger than 17 years of age.
(b) The court shall, after considering the financial circumstances of the defendant, specify in a restitution order issued under Subsection (a) the manner in which the defendant must pay the restitution.
(c) A restitution order issued under Subsection (a) may be enforced by the state or a victim named in the order to receive the restitution in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action.
(d) The court may hold a hearing, make findings of fact, and amend a restitution order issued under Subsection (a) if the defendant fails to pay the victim named in the order in the manner specified by the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 657, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42.htm
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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code ch. 20KIDNAPPING, UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT, AND SMUGGLING OF PERSONSPrinted as Chapter 20, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 25.03INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD CUSTODY.Printed as Section 25.03, 25.031, or 25.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 25.031AGREEMENT TO ABDUCT FROM CUSTODY.Printed as Section 25.03, 25.031, or 25.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 25.04ENTICING A CHILD.Printed as Section 25.03, 25.031, or 25.04, Penal Code
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