By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 2867
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law
enforcement agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0094. AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER. (a) In this
section, "automatic license plate reader" means a system that reads
and records license plate numbers taken from digital photographs.
(b) Images and any related data produced from an automatic
license plate reader may be used by a law enforcement agency only
for the following purposes:
(1) investigating a criminal offense; or
(2) investigating a report of a missing person.
(c) All images and data produced from an automatic license
plate reader shall be destroyed not later than the seventh day after
the date of collection unless the image or data is evidence in a
criminal investigation or prosecution.
(d) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.