84R21710 AJZ-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 2744
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law
  enforcement agency or municipal parking enforcement authority.
         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 that employs or uses the services of
  civilians, may use an automatic license plate reader.
         (c)  All images and data produced from an automatic license
  plate reader under this section shall be destroyed not later than
  one year after the date of collection unless the image or data is
  evidence in a civil action or a criminal investigation or
  prosecution.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.