Bill Text: TX HB376 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-03 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB376 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB376-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 376 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving | ||
| disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 423.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 423.010. DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR DESTROYING UNMANNED | ||
| AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an | ||
| offense involving damage or destruction of property under Section | ||
| 28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, that the actor: | ||
| (1) was on property owned or legally occupied by the | ||
| actor; | ||
| (2) legally possessed a firearm; | ||
| (3) used that firearm to disable, damage, or destroy | ||
| an unmanned aircraft that was unlawfully on or over the property in | ||
| violation of this chapter; and | ||
| (4) was not prohibited from discharging the firearm | ||
| under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a | ||
| dedicatory instrument governing use of the property. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
