Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 103.154 – Termination of Payments
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), compensation payments under this chapter terminate if, after the date the claimant becomes eligible for compensation under § 103.001, the claimant is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony. Annuity payments to a claimant’s spouse or designated beneficiary under this chapter terminate if, after the date the spouse or designated beneficiary begins receiving annuity payments, the spouse or designated beneficiary is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony. Payments terminate under this subsection on the date of the felony conviction. If annuity payments to a designated beneficiary are terminated under this subsection, the remainder of the annuity payments are payable under § 103.0536 as if the beneficiary died on the date of termination.
(b) Except as provided by Sections 103.0535 and 103.0536:
(1) annuity payments to a person under this chapter terminate on the date of the person’s death; and
(2) payments scheduled to be paid after that date are credited to the state and may not be paid to any other person, including the person’s surviving spouse, heirs, devisees, or beneficiaries under the person’s will, or to the person’s estate.
Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 103.154
- Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(c) This section does not apply to compensation for child support payments and interest on child support arrearages to be paid on a person’s behalf under this chapter to the state disbursement unit, as defined by § 101.0302, Family Code.