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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 281 |
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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 use of a biometric identifier by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | 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 any measurement of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the human body or its movement that is used to attempt to uniquely |
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| 14 | 14 | | identify or authenticate the identity of a person, including a |
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| 15 | 15 | | blood sample, hair sample, skin sample, DNA sample, body scan, |
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| 16 | 16 | | retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or |
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| 17 | 17 | | face geometry. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 560, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 19 | 19 | | adding Section 560.0015 to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 560.0015. STATUTORY AUTHORITY REQUIRED. (a) A |
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| 21 | 21 | | governmental body may not capture or possess a biometric identifier |
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| 22 | 22 | | of an individual or require a biometric identifier as a |
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| 23 | 23 | | prerequisite for providing a governmental service to the individual |
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| 24 | 24 | | unless the governmental body has: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) specific, explicit statutory authority that: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) allows the governmental body to: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (i) capture or possess the individual's |
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| 28 | 28 | | biometric identifier; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (ii) require a biometric identifier as a |
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| 30 | 30 | | prerequisite for providing a governmental service to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | individual; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) allows the governmental body to require and |
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| 33 | 33 | | obtain the written consent of the individual or the individual's |
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| 34 | 34 | | legal guardian before: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (i) capturing or possessing the |
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| 36 | 36 | | individual's biometric identifier; or |
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| 37 | 37 | | (ii) requiring a biometric identifier as a |
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| 38 | 38 | | prerequisite for providing a governmental service to the |
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| 39 | 39 | | individual; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) the voluntary, written consent of the individual |
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| 41 | 41 | | or the individual's legal guardian. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) For purposes of Subsection (a), Subchapter B, Chapter |
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| 43 | 43 | | 33, Health and Safety Code, is specific, explicit statutory |
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| 44 | 44 | | authority under Subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) to capture or possess an |
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| 45 | 45 | | individual's biometric identifier in the conduct of newborn |
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| 46 | 46 | | screening as provided by that subchapter. |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 3. Section 560.0015, Government Code, as added by |
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| 48 | 48 | | this Act, applies only to a biometric identifier captured or |
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| 49 | 49 | | requested on or after the effective date of this Act. A biometric |
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| 50 | 50 | | identifier captured or requested before that date is governed by |
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| 51 | 51 | | the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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| 52 | 52 | | and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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