TITLE: Relating to requiring certain victim information to be attached to certain arrest warrants.

SUMMARY: Relating to requiring certain victim information to be attached to certain arrest warrants.

FULL TEXT:
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.