In any criminal action instituted against a private corporation under this subchapter:

1. (1) appearance is for the purpose of arraignment; and
2. (2) the corporation has 10 full days after the day the arraignment takes place and before the day the trial begins to file written pleadings.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.