Calculation of Initial Payment

Art. 56B.257. CALCULATION OF INITIAL PAYMENT. 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. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.06, eff. January 1, 2021.