Sec. 242.841. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement of an electronic monitoring device in the room of a resident of an institution and making tapes or recordings with the device after making a request to the institution to allow electronic monitoring.
(2) "Electronic monitoring device":
(A) includes:
(i) video surveillance cameras installed in the room of a resident; and
(ii) audio devices installed in the room of a resident designed to acquire communications or other sounds occurring in the room; and
(B) does not include an electronic, mechanical, or other device that is specifically used for the nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communications.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1224, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
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