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  By: Murphy H.B. No. 3082
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to investigating and prosecuting the criminal offense of
  operating an unmanned aircraft over or near certain facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 423.0045, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person with criminal
  negligence [intentionally or knowingly]:
               (1)  operates an unmanned aircraft over a correctional
  facility, detention facility, or critical infrastructure facility
  and the unmanned aircraft is not higher than 400 feet above ground
  level;
               (2)  allows an unmanned aircraft to make contact with a
  correctional facility, detention facility, or critical
  infrastructure facility, including any person or object on the
  premises of or within the facility; or
               (3)  allows an unmanned aircraft to come within a
  distance of a correctional facility, detention facility, or
  critical infrastructure facility that is close enough to interfere
  with the operations of or cause a disturbance to the facility.
         (e)  A peace officer who investigates an offense under this
  section shall notify the Department of Public Safety of the
  investigation. The department may require further information from
  the officer as the department determines necessary.
         SECTION 2.  Section 423.0045, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
  was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
  of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.