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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 628 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to limitations on the capture or possession of a biometric |
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| 8 | 8 | | identifier by a governmental body. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 560.001(1), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) "Biometric identifier" means a blood sample, hair |
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| 13 | 13 | | sample, skin sample, DNA sample, body scan, retina or iris scan, |
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| 14 | 14 | | fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 560, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | adding Section 560.0015 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 560.0015. STATUTORY AUTHORITY REQUIRED. A |
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| 18 | 18 | | governmental body may not capture or possess a biometric identifier |
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| 19 | 19 | | of an individual unless the governmental body has: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) specific, explicit statutory authority to capture |
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| 21 | 21 | | or possess the individual's biometric identifier; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the written consent of the individual or the |
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| 23 | 23 | | individual's legal guardian. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. Section 560.0015, Government Code, as added by |
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| 25 | 25 | | this Act, applies only to a biometric identifier captured on or |
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| 26 | 26 | | after the effective date of this Act. A biometric identifier |
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| 27 | 27 | | captured before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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| 28 | 28 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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| 29 | 29 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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