Bill Text: TX SB1286 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1286 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1286-Introduced.html
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By: Hall | S.B. No. 1286 |
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relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law | ||
enforcement agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.0094. AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER. (a) In this | ||
section, "automatic license plate reader" means a system that reads | ||
and records license plate numbers taken from digital photographs. | ||
(b) A law enforcement agency may use an automatic license | ||
plate reader. | ||
(c) Images and any related data produced from an automatic | ||
license plate reader under Subsection (b) may be used only for the | ||
following law enforcement purposes: | ||
(1) investigating a criminal offense; or | ||
(2) investigating a report of a missing person. | ||
(d) All images and data produced from an automatic license | ||
plate reader under this section shall be destroyed not later than | ||
the seventh day after the date of collection unless the image or | ||
data is evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. | ||
(e) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |