TITLE: Relating to an offense report prepared in the investigation of certain criminal cases.

SUMMARY: Relating to an offense report prepared in the investigation of certain criminal cases.

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AN ACT relating to an offense report prepared in the investigation of certain criminal cases. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2.1397 to read as follows: Art. 2.1397. OFFENSE REPORT: RESISTING OR EVADING ARREST. An offense report prepared in the investigation of a criminal case in which a person is alleged to have resisted or evaded arrest under Section 38.03 or 38.04, Penal Code, must state the underlying offense for which the person was resisting or evading arrest. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense report prepared on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.