1. (a) The attorney general may make an emergency award for anticipated pecuniary losses if it appears likely that:

   1. (1) a final award will be made; and
   2. (2) the claimant or victim will suffer undue hardship if immediate economic relief is not obtained.
2. (b) An emergency award may not exceed $1,500.

3. (c) The amount of an emergency award must be:

   1. (1) deducted from the final award; or
   2. (2) repaid by and recoverable from the claimant or victim to the extent the emergency award exceeds the final award.

4. (d) The limitations on emergency awards described by Subsections (a)(1) and (c) do not apply to an application for compensation under this chapter:

   1. (1) made by a claimant in relation to a deceased victim; and
   2. (2) arising from criminally injurious conduct that resulted in a proclaimed state of emergency under Section 433.001, Government Code.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.06, eff. January 1, 2021.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 634 (H.B. 3745), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.