Bill Text: TX SR1084 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 912.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR1084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR1084-Enrolled.html
| By: Estes | S.R. No. 1084 | |
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
| suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
| conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
| House Bill 912 (images captured by unmanned aircraft and other | ||
| images and recordings; providing penalties) to consider and take | ||
| action on the following matters: | ||
| (1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the | ||
| committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
| 2 of the bill, in added Section 423.002(a), Government Code, to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) It is lawful to capture an image by an unmanned | ||
| aircraft in this state: | ||
| Explanation: This change is necessary to address | ||
| grammatical and other inconsistencies created by senate | ||
| amendments to this section. | ||
| (2) Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (2) are suspended to permit | ||
| the committee to change and omit text not in disagreement in | ||
| proposed SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 423.002(a)(4), | ||
| Government Code, to read as follows: | ||
| (4) by a satellite for the purposes of mapping; | ||
| Explanation: This change is necessary to delete | ||
| unnecessary text. | ||
| (3) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
| committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2 | ||
| of the bill, in added Section 423.002(a), Government Code, by | ||
| omitting proposed Subdivisions (5) and (6), which read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (5) by a manufacturer or distributor of the unmanned | ||
| vehicle or unmanned aircraft in connection with the development, | ||
| manufacture, testing, or research of the vehicle or the aircraft; | ||
| (6) by a manufacturer or distributor incidental to | ||
| the activities authorized under Subdivision (5) and the | ||
| manufacturer or distributor discloses the image voluntarily to | ||
| law enforcement because the manufacturer or distributor | ||
| reasonably believes the image shows the commission of an offense; | ||
| Explanation: The omission of the text is necessary to | ||
| remove exceptions to the application of the chapter. | ||
| (4) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
| committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2 | ||
| of the bill, in added Section 423.003(a), Government Code, by | ||
| omitting proposed Subdivision (2), which reads as follows: | ||
| (2) real property in this state, on which a primary | ||
| or secondary school or a licensed child-care facility is operated | ||
| or an individual located on that property, with the intent to | ||
| conduct surveillance | ||
| Explanation: This change is necessary to remove an | ||
| offense. | ||
| (5) Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the | ||
| committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either | ||
| the house or the senate version of the bill by adding the | ||
| following text to SECTION 2 of the bill: | ||
| Sec. 423.008. REPORTING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. | ||
| (a) No earlier than January 1 and no later than January 15 of | ||
| each odd-numbered year, a municipal or county law enforcement | ||
| agency located in a city or county with a population greater than | ||
| 150,000, or a state law enforcement agency, that used or operated | ||
| an unmanned aircraft during the preceding 24 months shall issue a | ||
| written report to each member of the Texas Legislature, including | ||
| the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, retain the report for | ||
| public viewing and post the report on the law enforcement | ||
| agency's publicly accessible website, if one exists. The report | ||
| shall contain: | ||
| (a) the number of times an unmanned aircraft was | ||
| operated, organized by date, time, location, types of incidents, | ||
| and the types of justification for operation; | ||
| (b) the number of criminal investigations aided by the | ||
| operation of an unmanned aircraft and a description of how the | ||
| unmanned aircraft aided each investigation; | ||
| (c) the date, location, and number of times an unmanned | ||
| aircraft was operated for reasons other than a criminal | ||
| investigation and a description of how the unmanned aircraft | ||
| aided each operation; | ||
| (d) the frequency and type of information collected on an | ||
| individual, residence, property or area that was not the subject | ||
| of an operation; and | ||
| (e) the total cost of acquisition, maintenance, repair, | ||
| and operation the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircrafts for the | ||
| preceding 24 months. | ||
| Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide for a | ||
| publicly available report regarding law enforcement use of | ||
| unmanned aircraft in this state. | ||
| _______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on May 26, 2013, by | ||
| the | ||
| _______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
