84R11988 LEH-D
 
  By: Blanco, Alvarado H.B. No. 2645
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of
  bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking
  case; creating an offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if, in violation of a
  condition of bond set in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse,
  or stalking case and related to the safety of a victim or the safety
  of the community, an order issued under Article 17.292, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, an order issued under Section 6.504, Family
  Code, Chapter 83, Family Code, if the temporary ex parte order has
  been served on the person, or Chapter 85, Family Code, or an order
  issued by another jurisdiction as provided by Chapter 88, Family
  Code, the person knowingly or intentionally:
               (1)  commits family violence or an act in furtherance
  of an offense under Section 22.011, 22.021, or 42.072;
               (2)  communicates:
                     (A)  directly with a protected individual or a
  member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing
  manner;
                     (B)  a threat through any person to a protected
  individual or a member of the family or household; or
                     (C)  in any manner with the protected individual
  or a member of the family or household except through the person's
  attorney or a person appointed by the court, if the violation is of
  an order described by this subsection and the order prohibits any
  communication with a protected individual or a member of the family
  or household;
               (3)  goes to or near any of the following places as
  specifically described in the order or condition of bond:
                     (A)  the residence or place of employment or
  business of a protected individual or a member of the family or
  household; or
                     (B)  any child care facility, residence, or school
  where a child protected by the order or condition of bond normally
  resides or attends;
               (4)  possesses a firearm; [or]
               (5)  harms, threatens, or interferes with the care,
  custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance
  animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order; or
               (6)  removes or attempts to remove a global positioning
  monitoring system.
         SECTION 2.  Section 25.07(b), Penal Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
               (2-a)  "Global positioning monitoring system" has the
  meaning assigned by Article 17.49, Code of Criminal Procedure. 
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.