Bill Text: TX SB1696 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of an automatic license plate reader pilot program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1696 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1696-Engrossed.html
By: Williams | S.B. No. 1696 |
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relating to the creation of an automatic license plate reader pilot | ||
program. | ||
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 PILOT | ||
PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "automatic license plate reader" | ||
means a system that reads and records license plate numbers taken | ||
from digital photographs. | ||
(b) The department shall establish a pilot program in which | ||
automatic license plate readers may be installed in law enforcement | ||
motor vehicles used by the department for law enforcement. | ||
(c) The program must include a request for proposal process | ||
to select a contractor for the installation of automatic license | ||
plate readers. | ||
(d) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement the program. | ||
(e) An automatic license plate reader installed under this | ||
section: | ||
(1) may be used only to record information necessary | ||
to identify a motor vehicle; and | ||
(2) may not be used to record an image of a person in a | ||
motor vehicle. | ||
(f) The images and any related data produced from an | ||
automatic license plate identification camera system can be queried | ||
or disseminated only for a law enforcement purpose. | ||
(g) All data produced from an automatic license plate reader | ||
shall be destroyed within one year of collection unless the data is | ||
evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. | ||
(h) Any agreement or memorandum of understanding concerning | ||
data-sharing related to an automatic license plate identification | ||
camera system between law enforcement entities collecting, | ||
sharing, or gaining access to data under this section is subject to | ||
the provisions of Chapter 552. | ||
(i) Not later than December 1, 2012, the department shall | ||
file a report with the committee in each house of the legislature | ||
having primary jurisdiction over homeland security matters. The | ||
report must include: | ||
(1) information regarding the use of automatic license | ||
plate readers by the department; and | ||
(2) any other information that would assist the | ||
legislature in evaluating the effectiveness of the use of automatic | ||
license plate readers by the department. | ||
(j) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |