Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 17.49 — CONDITIONS FOR DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH OFFENSE INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE
CR § 17.49Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 17. BAIL
Statute text
View on source(a)In this article:
(1)"Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.
(2)"Global positioning monitoring system" means a system that electronically determines and reports the location of an individual through the use of a transmitter or similar device carried or worn by the individual that transmits latitude and longitude data to a monitoring entity through global positioning satellite technology. The term does not include a system that contains or operates global positioning system technology, radio frequency identification technology, or any other similar technology that is implanted in or otherwise invades or violates the individual's body.
(b)A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bond that a defendant charged with an offense involving family violence:
(1)refrain from going to or near a residence, school, place of employment, or other location, as specifically described in the bond, frequented by an alleged victim of the offense;
(2)carry or wear a global positioning monitoring system device and, except as provided by Subsection (h), pay a reimbursement fee for the costs associated with operating that system in relation to the defendant;
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.06, eff. January 1, 2020. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 839 (H.B. 2715), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.