"Monitoring device" defined
Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter, "monitoring device" means an
electronic device that:
(1) can record or transmit information twenty-four (24) hours
each day regarding an offender's:
(A) presence or absence from the offender's home; or
(B) precise location;
(2) is minimally intrusive upon the privacy of the offender or
other persons residing in the offender's home;
(3) with the written consent of the offender and with the written
consent of other persons residing in the home at the time an
order for home detention is entered, may record or transmit:
(A) a visual image;
(B) an electronic communication or any sound; or
(C) information regarding the offender's activities while
inside the offender's home; and
(4) can notify a probation department, a community corrections
program, or a contract agency if the offender violates the terms
of a home detention order.
(b) The term includes any device that can reliably determine the
location of an offender and track the locations where the offender has
been, including a device that uses a global positioning system
satellite service.
As added by P.L.98-1988, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.31-2005, SEC.2.
Last modified: May 24, 2006