86R14179 MP-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 4410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority of counties and municipalities to limit the
photography of critical infrastructure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 250.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 250.009. PHOTOGRAPHY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. (a)
In this section, "critical infrastructure" includes all public or
private assets, systems, and functions vital to the security,
governance, public health and safety, economy, or morale of the
state or the nation.
(b) A county by order or a municipality by ordinance may
restrict photography of critical infrastructure. An order or
ordinance adopted under this section must:
(1) state the distance from which critical
infrastructure may not be photographed; and
(2) require notice of the photography restrictions be
posted prominently and conspicuously in public areas around the
critical infrastructure.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.