Tex.
Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 140A.110
Disposition of Assets
(a)
An award issued in an action brought under this chapter must be paid in accordance with this section.(b)
After a deduction of any costs of suit, including reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs, 80 percent of the amount of the award remaining must be paid to the state, and the remaining 20 percent must be paid, on a pro rata basis, to each law enforcement agency, district attorney’s office, criminal district attorney’s office, and office of a county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction found by the court to have assisted in the suit.(c)
The first $10 million, after any costs of suit described by Subsection (b), that is paid to the state under this chapter in a fiscal year shall be dedicated to the compensation to victims of crime fund described by Subchapter J (Definition), Chapter 56B (Crime Victims’ Compensation), Code of Criminal Procedure.
Source:
Section 140A.110 — Disposition of Assets, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140A.htm#140A.110 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
