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  By: Gooden H.C.R. No. 217
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, House Bill No. 912 has been adopted by the house of
  representatives and the senate and is being prepared for
  enrollment; and
         WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be
  corrected; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED by the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas, That
  the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives be instructed
  to correct House Bill No. 912, in SECTION 2 of the bill, as follows:
         (1)  In added Section 423.002(a), Government Code, strike
  "It is lawful to capture an image by an unmanned aircraft" and
  substitute "It is lawful to capture an image using an unmanned
  aircraft".
         (2)  In added Section 423.002(a)(4), Government Code,
  between "(4)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (3)  In added Section 423.002(a)(5), Government Code,
  between "(5)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (4)  In added Section 423.002(a)(8), Government Code,
  between "(8)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (5)  In added Section 423.002(a)(9), Government Code,
  between "(9)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (6)  In added Section 423.002(a)(13), Government Code,
  between "(13)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (7)  In added Section 423.002(a)(17), Government Code,
  between "(17)" and "by", insert "if the image is captured".
         (8)  In added Section 423.002(a)(17), Government Code,
  immediately following "related facilities,", strike "if the image
  and substitute "and".
         (9)  In added Section 423.002(a)(18), Government Code,
  following the underlined semicolon, insert "or".
         (10)  In added Section 423.002(a)(19), Government Code,
  strike the underlined semicolon and substitute an underlined
  period.
         (11)  Strike added Section 423.008, Government Code, and
  substitute the following:
         Sec. 423.008.  REPORTING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (a) Not
  earlier than January 1 and not later than January 15 of each
  odd-numbered year, each state law enforcement agency and each
  county or municipal law enforcement agency located in a county or
  municipality, as applicable, with a population greater than
  150,000, that used or operated an unmanned aircraft during the
  preceding 24 months shall issue a written report to the governor,
  the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature and
  shall:
               (1)  retain the report for public viewing; and
               (2)  post the report on the law enforcement agency's
  publicly accessible website, if one exists.
         (b)  The report must include:
               (1)  the number of times an unmanned aircraft was used,
  organized by date, time, location, and the types of incidents and
  types of justification for the use;
               (2)  the number of criminal investigations aided by the
  use of an unmanned aircraft and a description of how the unmanned
  aircraft aided each investigation;
               (3)  the number of times an unmanned aircraft was used
  for a law enforcement operation other than a criminal
  investigation, the dates and locations of those operations, and a
  description of how the unmanned aircraft aided each operation;
               (4)  the type of information collected on an
  individual, residence, property, or area that was not the subject
  of a law enforcement operation and the frequency of the collection
  of this information; and
               (5)  the total cost of acquiring, maintaining,
  repairing, and operating or otherwise using each unmanned aircraft
  for the preceding 24 months.