Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.43 · Chapter 17. BAIL
HOME CURFEW AND ELECTRONIC MONITORING AS CONDITION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on personal bond that the defendant submit to home curfew and electronic monitoring under the supervision of an agency designated by the magistrate.
(b) Cost of monitoring may be assessed as reimbursement fees or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 374, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2020.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.17.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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