86R7530 MAW-D
 
  By: Farrar H.B. No. 3563
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.