Section 3004 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 1.
3004
. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Parole
Hearings, the court, or the supervising parole authority may require,
as a condition of release on parole or reinstatement on parole, or
as an intermediate sanction in lieu of return to custody, that an
inmate or parolee agree in writing to the use of electronic
monitoring or supervising devices for the purpose of helping to
verify his or her compliance with all other conditions of parole. The
devices shall not be used to eavesdrop or record any conversation,
except a conversation between the parolee and the agent supervising
the parolee which is to be used solely for the purposes of voice
identification.
(b) Every inmate who has been convicted for any felony violation
of a "registerable sex offense" described in subdivision (c) of
Section 290 or any attempt to commit any of the above-mentioned
offenses and who is committed to prison and released on parole
pursuant to Section 3000 or 3000.1 shall be monitored by a global
positioning system for life.
(c) Any inmate released on parole pursuant to this section shall
be required to pay for the costs associated with the monitoring by a
global positioning system. However, the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation shall waive any or all of that payment upon a finding
of an inability to pay. The department shall consider any remaining
amounts the inmate has been ordered to pay in fines, assessments and
restitution fines, fees, and orders, and shall give priority to the
payment of those items before requiring that the inmate pay for the
global positioning monitoring.