NEW CVC APPLICATION
 
After every state legislative session, the Office of the Attorney General and the Crime Victim Services Division reviews the Crime Victims' Compensation (CVC) application form to assure it complies with statutory requirements and incorporates appropriate changes after the legislative session.

During the recently completed 80th Texas Legislature session, House Bill 1042 passed. HB1042 mandates that victim and claimant information held by the CVC program is to be confidential. Additionally, it eliminates the requirement that a victim and claimant has to elect to allow public access to information held by the Office of the Attorney General. The effective date of this legislation is Sept 1, 2007.

As a result of this bill, the Crime Victims' Compensation application was revised and the former page 6, CONFIDENTIALITY ELECTION BY VICTIM, was eliminated.

New applications will be available for distribution and on the OAG website at www.oag.state.tx.us on or after September 1. 2007.