Amend CSHB 3391 (Committee Printing) by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  (a)  Subchapter B, Chapter 12, Parks and 
Wildlife Code, is amended by adding Section 12.1045 to read as 
follows:
	Sec. 12.1045.  PILOT PROGRAM FOR FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION.  
(a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Authorized employee" means a deputy game warden, 
special game warden, or other law enforcement officer commissioned 
by the director.
		(2)  "Pilot program" means the pilot fingerprint 
identification program established under this section. 
	(b)  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 the enforcement of this 
code, any rules adopted under this code, and other laws in the 
jurisdiction of the department.
	(c)  In implementing the pilot program, the department shall 
use a mobile fingerprint scanner developed for law enforcement that 
is portable, secure, and lightweight, uses encrypted data 
transmissions for protection of the public, and does not require an 
employee to carry any equipment other than the scanner to receive 
the data.
	(d)  The Department of Public Safety shall work 
cooperatively with the department as needed and make its existing 
automated fingerprint identification system available for use by 
the department during the period of the pilot program.
	(e)  The department shall comply with all state procurement 
requirements in implementing the pilot program.
	(f)  The department may work with and enter into memoranda of 
understanding with municipalities to implement the pilot program.
	(g)  Under the pilot program, an authorized employee may not 
check the fingerprint of a person without the verbal consent of that 
person.
	(h)  The department may extend the pilot program to 
additional counties if the department determines that the expansion 
would be cost-effective.
	(b)  The Parks and Wildlife Department shall begin 
implementation of the pilot program established under Section 
12.1045, Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this section, not 
later than January 1, 2010, and shall conduct the pilot program for 
at least 12 months.  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 
does not have a required license.