By: Bolton Senate Sponsor-Ellis H.B. No. 2210
       (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2007;
May 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 19, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
May 19, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2210 By:  Whitmire
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to law enforcement reports concerning the commission of
certain offenses and the provision of certain information in those
reports to victims of those offenses.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 2.30 to read as follows:
       Art. 2.30.  REPORT CONCERNING CERTAIN ASSAULTIVE OR
TERRORISTIC OFFENSES. (a) This article applies only to the
following offenses:
             (1)  assault under Section 22.01, Penal Code;
             (2)  aggravated assault under Section 22.02, Penal
Code;
             (3)  sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code;
             (4)  aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021,
Penal Code; and
             (5)  terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal
Code.
       (b)  A peace officer who investigates the alleged commission
of an offense listed under Subsection (a) shall prepare a written
report that includes the information required under Article
5.05(a).
       (c)  On request of a victim of an offense listed under
Subsection (a), the local law enforcement agency responsible for
investigating the commission of the offense shall provide the
victim, at no cost to the victim, with any information that is:
             (1)  contained in the written report prepared under
Subsection (b);
             (2)  described by Article 5.05(a)(1) or (2); and
             (3)  not exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code, or other law.
       SECTION 2.  Article 5.05, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
       (f)  On request of a victim of an incident of family
violence, the local law enforcement agency responsible for
investigating the incident shall provide the victim, at no cost to
the victim, with any information that is:
             (1)  contained in the written report prepared under
Subsection (a);
             (2)  described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2); and
             (3)  not exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552,
Government Code, or other law.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
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