Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.

Contracts

• Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Review all contracts with counties and courts. If your current SLA defines a reporting window of "24 hours" or "next business day," you are non-compliant. Amendments must reflect the statutory "immediate" requirement.
• Indemnification: Expect counties to demand stricter indemnification clauses. You must ensure your liability coverage includes specific Errors & Omissions (E&O) protection for "failure to report" or "delayed reporting."

Hiring/Training

• 24/7/365 Monitoring: "Immediate" notification applies regardless of the time or day. If you currently rely on automated batch reporting over weekends, you must transition to staffed or automated real-time escalation protocols.
• "Reasonable Cause" Protocols: Staff must be trained to distinguish between technical glitches (GPS drift) and actual tampering. You must document the verification steps taken to establish "reasonable cause" before notifying the court.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• New Reporting Recipients: Personal Bond Offices must update case management software to automatically distribute monthly reports to the Accused Person’s Attorney, in addition to the State’s Attorney and the Clerk.
• Specific Violation Codes: Monthly reports must now explicitly state if a failure to comply involved "tampering with an electronic monitoring device." Generic "non-compliance" codes are insufficient.
• Data Discovery: Treat all EM location data and contact logs as discoverable evidence. Retain raw data in a format that can be easily exported for subpoena response, as it is no longer shielded as judicial work product.

Fees & Costs

• Operational Overhead: While the state imposes no new fees, businesses should budget for increased labor costs associated with 24/7 monitoring and potential increases in liability insurance premiums.