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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 11. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
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Chapter 841. CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS |
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Subchapter E. CIVIL COMMITMENT |
Sec. 841.082. COMMITMENT REQUIREMENTS
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(a) Before entering an order directing a person's outpatient civil commitment, the judge shall impose on the person requirements necessary to ensure the person's compliance with treatment and supervision and to protect the community. The requirements shall include:
(1) requiring the person to reside in a Texas residential facility under contract with the office or at another location or facility approved by the office;
(2) prohibiting the person's contact with a victim or potential victim of the person;
(3) prohibiting the person's possession or use of alcohol, inhalants, or a controlled substance;
(4) requiring the person's participation in and compliance with a specific course of treatment provided by the office and compliance with all written requirements imposed by the case manager or otherwise by the office;
(5) requiring the person to:
(A) submit to tracking under a particular type of tracking service and to any other appropriate supervision; and
(B) refrain from tampering with, altering, modifying, obstructing, or manipulating the tracking equipment;
(6) prohibiting the person from changing the person's residence without prior authorization from the judge and from leaving the state without that prior authorization;
(7) if determined appropriate by the judge, establishing a child safety zone in the same manner as a child safety zone is established by a judge under Section 13B, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and requiring the person to comply with requirements related to the safety zone; and
(8) any other requirements determined necessary by the judge.
(b) A tracking service to which a person is required to submit under Subsection (a)(5) must:
(1) track the person's location in real time;
(2) be able to provide a real-time report of the person's location to the case manager at the case manager's request; and
(3) periodically provide a cumulative report of the person's location to the case manager.
(c) The judge shall provide a copy of the requirements imposed under Subsection (a) to the person and to the office. The office shall provide a copy of those requirements to the case manager and to the service providers.
(d) The court retains jurisdiction of the case with respect to a civil commitment proceeding conducted under Subchapters F and G.
(e) The requirements imposed under Subsection (a) may be modified at any time after notice to each affected party to the proceedings and a hearing.