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| 1 | 1 | 89R4554 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Garcia Hernandez H.B. No. 2413 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media | |
| 10 | 10 | devices. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 263.1521 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 263.1521. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SENSITIVE MEDIA | |
| 15 | 15 | DEVICES. (a) In this section, "sensitive media device" means a | |
| 16 | 16 | data storage device that the commissioners court of a county | |
| 17 | 17 | determines the county has used to store data the maintenance or | |
| 18 | 18 | disclosure of which is regulated by state or federal law. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) Notwithstanding Section 263.152, the commissioners | |
| 20 | 20 | court of a county may order the destruction of a sensitive media | |
| 21 | 21 | device: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) that is salvage or surplus property; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) for which the commissioners court determines that | |
| 24 | 24 | the destruction of the sensitive media device is necessary to | |
| 25 | 25 | prevent inadvertent disclosure of information in connection with | |
| 26 | 26 | the disposal of the device. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |