SECTION 61.408. Lump Sum Payments Under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 56.44

(a) A victim or claimant may receive a lump sum payment for pecuniary loss based on an amount equal to the pecuniary loss accrued to the date of the award for installment payments.

(b) A victim or claimant may receive a lump sum payment for future loss of earnings or loss of support. The victim or claimant must request a lump sum payment for future loss of earnings or support in writing to the OAG and must submit documentation that a lump sum payment will promote the best interest of the victim or claimant. If the OAG determines that there is good cause to make a lump sum payment, the lump sum payments based on future loss of earnings or future loss of support may not exceed a total of $1,000. After a lump sum payment for future earnings or support is paid, all other loss of earnings or loss of support expenses incurred shall be paid in installments as the loss is incurred.

Source Note: The provisions of this §61.408 adopted to be effective December 15, 2002, 27 TexReg 11513; amended to be effective October 30, 2014, 39 TexReg 8373