{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.162","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 555.162","heading":"INTERFERENCE WITH DEVICE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who intentionally hampers, obstructs, tampers with, or destroys an electronic monitoring device installed in a resident's room in accordance with this subchapter or a tape or recording made by the device commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) that the person took the action with the effective consent of the resident on whose behalf the electronic monitoring device was installed or the resident's guardian or legal representative.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 184 (S.B. 33), Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES","CHAPTER 555. STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS","SUBCHAPTER E. ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF RESIDENT'S ROOM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.555.htm#555.162","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c11c9026635df9ae254803fbf00fcb1a3f940ef6833ad6bb0b6fb4d4f92b4fca","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.161","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-555.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}