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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of an unmanned ground vehicle pilot |
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program at the Capitol Complex to employ veterans with a |
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service-connected disability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.0626 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.0626. UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE PILOT PROGRAM. (a) |
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The department shall establish a pilot program to provide enhanced |
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security in the Capitol Complex through the use of unmanned ground |
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vehicles. |
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(b) To establish the pilot program, the department shall |
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contract with a historically underutilized business that is a |
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veteran-owned small business for the business to provide enhanced |
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security in the Capitol Complex through the use of unmanned ground |
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vehicles. The contract must expire on the second anniversary of the |
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date the contract is executed and require the business to: |
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(1) employ veterans with a service-connected |
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disability to control the unmanned ground vehicles through the use |
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of remote control consoles; and |
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(2) deploy the unmanned ground vehicles in stages to |
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increase the number of vehicles in the Capitol Complex over the term |
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of the contract. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2018, the department shall |
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file a report on the pilot program, including information on the |
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program's costs and effectiveness, recommendations for |
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continuation or cancellation, and any other information the |
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department determines useful. The department shall submit the |
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report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house |
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of representatives, and each standing committee of the legislature |
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with jurisdiction over security in the Capitol Complex. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |