Bill Text: TX SB831 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring device.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB831 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB831-Introduced.html
| 86R7530 MAW-D | ||
| By: Huffman | S.B. No. 831 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with an | ||
| electronic monitoring device. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 38.112 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.112. TAMPERING WITH ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE. | ||
| (a) A person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of | ||
| the person's location as a condition of release on parole or to | ||
| mandatory supervision commits an offense if the person knowingly | ||
| removes or disables a tracking device that the person is required to | ||
| wear to enable the electronic monitoring of the person's location. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor | ||
| except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the person: | ||
| (1) is required as a condition of release on parole or | ||
| to mandatory supervision to report to a parole officer as defined by | ||
| Section 508.001, Government Code; and | ||
| (2) after removing or disabling the tracking device, | ||
| knowingly fails to report as required on two consecutive occasions. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
