Tex. Gov't Code § 508.315

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 508.315 - Electronic Monitoring Programs

(a) To establish and maintain an electronic monitoring program under this chapter, the department may:

(1) fund an electronic monitoring program in a parole office;

(2) develop standards for the operation of an electronic monitoring program in a parole office; and

(3) fund the purchase, lease, or maintenance of electronic monitoring equipment.

(b) In determining whether electronic monitoring equipment should be leased or purchased, the department shall consider the rate at which technological change makes electronic monitoring equipment obsolete.

Tex. Gov't. Code § 508.315

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 12.01, eff. 9/1/1997.