By: West S.B. No. 1079
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media
devices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 263.1521 to read as follows:
Sec. 263.1521. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SENSITIVE MEDIA
DEVICES. (a) In this section, "sensitive media device" means a
data storage device that the commissioners court of a county
determines the county has used to store data the maintenance or
disclosure of which is regulated by state or federal law.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 263.152, the commissioners
court of a county may order the destruction of a sensitive media
device:
(1) that is salvage or surplus property; and
(2) for which the commissioners court determines that
the destruction of the sensitive media device is necessary to
prevent inadvertent disclosure of information in connection with
the disposal of the device.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.