By Hinojosa H.B. No. 2351 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to testimony of law enforcement in criminal court. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Part 1, Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedures, 1-5 is amended by adding Article 38.141 to read as follows: 1-6 Art. 31.141. Testimony of undercover law enforcement 1-7 officer. A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an 1-8 undercover law enforcement officer unless corroborated by other 1-9 evidence tending to connect the defendant with each element of the 1-10 offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it 1-11 merely shows the commission of the offense. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-13 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.