84R14114 YDB-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 4043
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an unmanned ground vehicle pilot
program at the Capitol Complex to employ veterans with a
service-connected disability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0626 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0626. UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM. (a)
The department shall establish a pilot program to provide enhanced
security in the Capitol Complex through the use of unmanned ground
vehicles.
(b) To establish the pilot program, the department shall
contract with a historically underutilized business that is a
veteran-owned small business for the business to provide enhanced
security in the Capitol Complex through the use of unmanned ground
vehicles. The contract must expire on the second anniversary of the
date the contract is executed and require the business to:
(1) employ veterans with a service-connected
disability to control the unmanned ground vehicles through the use
of remote control consoles; and
(2) deploy the unmanned ground vehicles in stages to
increase the number of vehicles in the Capitol Complex over the term
of the contract.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2018, the department shall
file a report on the pilot program, including information on the
program's costs and effectiveness, recommendations for
continuation or cancellation, and any other information the
department determines useful. The department shall submit the
report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature
with jurisdiction over security in the Capitol Complex.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2019.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.