Amend CSHB 2730 (House Committee Printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 6 of the bill 
and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS in Article 6 accordingly:
	SECTION 6.____.  (a)  In this section:                                         
		(1)  "Authorized employee" means an officer of the 
Texas Highway Patrol or other law enforcement officer commissioned 
by the director of the department.
		(2)  "Department" means the Department of Public 
Safety.                    
		(3)  "Pilot program" means the pilot fingerprint 
identification program established under this section.
	(b)  If sufficient funds are available, the department shall 
develop and implement a program in one or more counties of this 
state to pilot the use by authorized employees of a mobile 
fingerprint identification system to perform fingerprint checks in 
the field as an aid to law enforcement.
	(c)  In implementing the pilot program, the department shall 
use a portable, lightweight mobile fingerprint scanner developed 
for law enforcement that is secure, uses encrypted data 
transmissions for protection of the public, and does not require 
the authorized employee to carry additional equipment for the 
scanner to receive the data.  The department shall make its existing 
automated fingerprint identification system available for use 
during the period of the pilot program.
	(d)  The department shall comply with all state procurement 
requirements in implementing the pilot program.
	(e)  The department may work with and enter into memorandums 
of understanding with municipalities to implement the pilot 
program.
	(f)  Under the pilot program, an authorized employee may not 
check the fingerprint of a person without the verbal consent of that 
person.
	(g)  The department may extend the pilot program to 
additional counties if the department determines that the expansion 
would be cost-effective.
	(h)  The department shall begin implementation of the pilot 
program not later than January 1, 2010, and shall conduct the pilot 
program for at least 12 months.
	(i)  Not later than February 1, 2011, the department shall 
report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the 
house of representatives, and the Sunset Advisory Commission 
regarding the pilot program.  The report must include the 
department's recommendations for continuation or expansion of the 
pilot program and an evaluation of the department's use of the 
mobile fingerprint identification system, including:
		(1)  the appropriateness of conducting remote 
fingerprint checks;           
		(2)  the value of remote fingerprint checking in 
combating crime and enforcing department rules and other laws of 
this state;
		(3)  the impact of using remote fingerprint checks on 
the efficiency of authorized employees;
		(4)  the impact of using remote fingerprint checks on 
the safety of authorized employees; and
		(5)  any reduction in inconvenience to a person who is 
not carrying a required license.