Bill Text: TX SB332 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic monitoring of certain defendants as an alternative to confinement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB332 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB332-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 332 |
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relating to the electronic monitoring of certain defendants as an | ||
alternative to confinement. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 42.035(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A court may require a defendant to serve all or part of a | ||
sentence of confinement in county jail by participating in an | ||
electronic monitoring program rather than being confined in the | ||
county jail, if the program: | ||
(1) is operated by a community supervision and | ||
corrections department that serves the county in which the court is | ||
located and has been approved by the community justice assistance | ||
division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or | ||
(2) is operated by the commissioners court of the | ||
county, or by a private vendor under contract with the | ||
commissioners court, under Section 351.904, Local Government Code | ||
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SECTION 2. Article 42.035(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
as amended by this Act, applies only to a defendant who is sentenced | ||
to a term of confinement in county jail for an offense committed on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A defendant who is | ||
sentenced to a term of confinement in county jail for an offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | ||
section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | ||
Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |