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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for the use on the state's international |
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border of motion detection cameras and for camera data storage from |
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those cameras. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.00951 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.00951. REQUIREMENTS FOR BORDER MOTION DETECTION |
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CAMERAS AND DATA STORAGE. (a) In this section, "company" has the |
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meaning assigned by Business & Commerce Code, Section 113.001. |
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(b) In any program the department establishes or has |
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established to monitor this state's international border, the |
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department shall use motion detection cameras manufactured in this |
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state and by a company headquartered in this state. |
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(c) The department may not use a device to store data from a |
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motion detection camera unless the device is: |
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(1) located in the United States; and |
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(2) operated by a company headquartered in this state. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if the department |
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cannot use a motion detection camera described in Subsection (b), |
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the department shall: |
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(1) use a motion detection camera that is |
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manufactured: |
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(A) outside this state but within the United |
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States; and |
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(B) by a company headquartered outside this state |
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but within the United States; and |
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(2) use FIRSTNET motion detection cameras. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the department may use |
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a device to store data from a motion detection camera that is |
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operated outside this state but within the United States if a |
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company described in Subsection (c)(2) cannot store the data. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.00951, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a contract for the purchase of motion |
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detection cameras or the storage of data from motion detection |
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cameras entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |