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| 1 | 1 | 85S12178 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Isaac H.B. No. 376 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving | |
| 8 | 8 | disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Section 423.010 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 423.010. DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR DESTROYING UNMANNED | |
| 13 | 13 | AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an | |
| 14 | 14 | offense involving damage or destruction of property under Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, that the actor: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) was on property owned or legally occupied by the | |
| 17 | 17 | actor; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) legally possessed a firearm; | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) used that firearm to disable, damage, or destroy | |
| 20 | 20 | an unmanned aircraft that was unlawfully on or over the property in | |
| 21 | 21 | violation of this chapter; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (4) was not prohibited from discharging the firearm | |
| 23 | 23 | under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a | |
| 24 | 24 | dedicatory instrument governing use of the property. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |