Texas § 56B.458 EMERGENCY RESERVE.

Texas Statutes

§ 56B.458 — EMERGENCY RESERVE.

Texas § 56B.458

Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 56B.458 (2026).

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Art. 56B.458. EMERGENCY RESERVE.

(a)If the amount available in the fund is sufficient in a state fiscal year to make all compensation payments, the attorney general may retain any portion of the fund that was deposited during the fiscal year that exceeded compensation payments made during that fiscal year as an emergency reserve for the next fiscal year. The emergency reserve may not exceed $10,000,000.

(b)The emergency reserve may be used only:

(1)to make compensation awards in claims; and

(2)to provide emergency relief and assistance, including crisis intervention, emergency housing, travel, food, or expenses and technical assistance expenses incurred in implementing this article in incidents resulting from an act of mass violence or from an act of international terrorism as defined

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Art. 56B.458. EMERGENCY RESERVE. (a) If the amount available in the fund is sufficient in a state fiscal year to make all compensation payments, the attorney general may retain any portion of the fund that was deposited during the fiscal year that exceeded compensation payments made during that fiscal year as an emergency reserve for the next fiscal year. The emergency reserve may not exceed $10,000,000.
(b) The emergency reserve may be used only:
(1) to make compensation awards in claims; and
(2) to provide emergency relief and assistance, including crisis intervention, emergency housing, travel, food, or expenses and technical assistance expenses incurred in implementing this article in incidents resulting from an act of mass violence or from an act of international terrorism as defined by 18 U.S.C. Section 2331, occurring in this state or for Texas residents injured or killed in an act of terrorism outside of the United States.