By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3526
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain victim information to be attached to
certain arrest warrants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 15.021 to read as follows:
Art. 15.021. INFORMATION ATTACHED TO WARRANT. If a warrant
is issued for the arrest of a person alleged to have committed an
offense under Section 25.07, Penal Code, or an offense listed in
Subsection (a)(1) of that section, the arresting officer must
attach to the warrant a written statement identifying the victim of
the alleged offense, if that information is available to the
arresting officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.