87S30052 YDB-D
By: Krause H.B. No. 66
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for the use on this state's international
border of security cameras and for camera data storage from those
cameras.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.00951 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.00951. REQUIREMENTS FOR BORDER SECURITY CAMERAS
AND DATA STORAGE. In any program the department establishes to
monitor this state's international border, the department may only:
(1) use security cameras manufactured in the United
States by a company whose headquarters are located in the United
States; and
(2) store data retrieved from the security cameras
described by Subdivision (1) on data storage devices located in the
United States and operated by a company whose headquarters are
located in the United States.
SECTION 2. Section 411.00951, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a contract for the purchase of security
cameras or the storage of data from security cameras entered into on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect February 1, 2022.