Bill Text: TX HB1481 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1481 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1481-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1481 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1481-Introduced.html
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By: Murphy | H.B. No. 1481 |
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relating to prohibiting the operation of an unmanned aircraft over | ||
certain facilities; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 423.0045 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 423.0045. OFFENSE: OPERATION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER | ||
TARGETED FACILITY. (a) In this section, "targeted facility" | ||
means: | ||
(1) a petroleum or alumina refinery; | ||
(2) an electric generation facility, natural gas | ||
generation facility, or nuclear electric power generation | ||
facility; | ||
(3) an oil or gas pipeline; or | ||
(4) a chemical or rubber manufacturing facility. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if: | ||
(1) the person intentionally or knowingly operates an | ||
unmanned aircraft over a targeted facility; and | ||
(2) the unmanned aircraft is not higher than 400 feet | ||
above ground level. | ||
(c) It is lawful under this section to operate an unmanned | ||
aircraft over a targeted facility if the unmanned aircraft is | ||
operated by: | ||
(1) the federal government, the state, or a | ||
governmental entity; | ||
(2) a person under contract with or otherwise acting | ||
under the direction or on behalf of the federal government, the | ||
state, or a governmental entity; | ||
(3) a law enforcement agency; | ||
(4) a person under contract with or otherwise acting | ||
under the direction or on behalf of a law enforcement agency; | ||
(5) an owner or operator of the targeted facility; | ||
(6) a person under contract with or otherwise acting | ||
under the direction or on behalf of an owner or operator of the | ||
targeted facility; or | ||
(7) a person who has the prior written consent of the | ||
owner or operator of the targeted facility. | ||
(d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, | ||
except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has | ||
previously been convicted under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |