TITLE: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device.

SUMMARY: Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding Section 38.115 to read as follows: Sec. 38.115. TAMPERING WITH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TABLET DEVICE. (a) In this section, "correctional facility" means: (1) any place described by Section 1.07(a)(14)(A), (B), or (C); or (2) a secure correctional facility or secure detention facility, as defined by Section 51.02, Family Code. (b) A person commits an offense if the person, while confined in a correctional facility, alters, modifies, or breaches the security, programming, or operating system of a tablet device provided to the person by the operator of the correctional facility. (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.