Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0372 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
MANDATORY RESTITUTION FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS OR PROSTITUTION RELATED OFFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The court shall order a defendant convicted of an offense under Chapter 20A or Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Penal Code, to pay restitution in an amount equal to:
(1) the cost of necessary rehabilitation, including medical, psychiatric, and psychological care and treatment; and
(2) the cost of the removal of a tattoo the victim received as a result of force, fraud, or coercion related to the offense.
(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 by 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 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (H.B. 2014), Sec. 2.02, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (S.B. 1804), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 503 (S.B. 1804), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
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