85S12178 JCG-D
 
  By: Isaac H.B. No. 376
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving
  disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 423.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 423.010.  DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR DESTROYING UNMANNED
  AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an
  offense involving damage or destruction of property under Section
  28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, that the actor:
               (1)  was on property owned or legally occupied by the
  actor;
               (2)  legally possessed a firearm;
               (3)  used that firearm to disable, damage, or destroy
  an unmanned aircraft that was unlawfully on or over the property in
  violation of this chapter; and
               (4)  was not prohibited from discharging the firearm
  under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a
  dedicatory instrument governing use of the property.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.