Bill Text: TX SB91 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB91 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB91-Engrossed.html
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 91 | |
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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 or a municipal parking | ||
| enforcement authority 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: | ||
| (1) for a law enforcement purpose; or | ||
| (2) by a municipal parking enforcement authority to | ||
| issue a citation at the time of an alleged violation of a vehicle | ||
| parking ordinance. | ||
| (d) All images and data produced from an automatic license | ||
| plate reader under this section shall be destroyed not later than | ||
| the first anniversary of the date of collection unless the image or | ||
| data is evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution. | ||
| (d-1) A law enforcement agency may not enter into an | ||
| agreement to provide images or any related data produced from an | ||
| automatic license plate reader for a commercial purpose. | ||
| (e) The department shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
