Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.257
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.257, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 56B.257. CALCULATION OF INITIAL PAYMENT.
Official statutory text
The attorney general shall calculate the amount of an initial payment based on an injury suffered after September 1, 1989, by:
(1) calculating the amount to which the peace officer is entitled under Article 56B.254; and
(2) adding to that amount the cumulative successive cost-of-living adjustments for the intervening years calculated from the date of the injury.
(1) calculating the amount to which the peace officer is entitled under Article 56B.254; and
(2) adding to that amount the cumulative successive cost-of-living adjustments for the intervening years calculated from the date of the injury.
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