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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the adoption by the Department of Public Safety of rules |
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governing the use of unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex; |
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creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.062, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The director shall adopt rules governing the use of |
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unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex. The rules adopted under |
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this subsection may: |
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(1) prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft in the |
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Capitol Complex; or |
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(2) authorize limited use of unmanned aircraft in the |
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Capitol Complex. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.065(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, |
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except that an offense is a Class B misdemeanor if the person |
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violates a rule adopted under Section 411.062(d-1). |
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SECTION 3. (a) The director of the Department of Public |
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Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section 411.062(d-1), |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, |
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2015. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 411.065, |
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Government Code, applies only to an offense committed on or after |
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December 1, 2015. An offense committed before that date is governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before December |
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1, 2015, if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |