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| 1 | 1 | 84R8791 AJZ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hall S.B. No. 1286 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law | |
| 8 | 8 | enforcement agency. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 411.0094. AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER. (a) In this | |
| 13 | 13 | section, "automatic license plate reader" means a system that reads | |
| 14 | 14 | and records license plate numbers taken from digital photographs. | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) A law enforcement agency may use an automatic license | |
| 16 | 16 | plate reader. | |
| 17 | 17 | (c) Images and any related data produced from an automatic | |
| 18 | 18 | license plate reader under Subsection (b) may be used only for the | |
| 19 | 19 | following law enforcement purposes: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) investigating a criminal offense; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) investigating a report of a missing person. | |
| 22 | 22 | (d) All images and data produced from an automatic license | |
| 23 | 23 | plate reader under this section shall be destroyed not later than | |
| 24 | 24 | the seventh day after the date of collection unless the image or | |
| 25 | 25 | data is evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. | |
| 26 | 26 | (e) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to | |
| 27 | 27 | implement this section. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |