Amend CSSB 578 (senate committee printing), in SECTION 1 of the bill, by striking added Section 2306.6741(b), Government Code (page 1, lines 29 and 30), and substituting the following:
(b) A development owner who installs surveillance cameras at a development pursuant to Subsection (a) must provide written notice regarding the cameras to residents of the development. Notice under this subsection must:
(1) describe:
(A) the location of the cameras;
(B) the intended purposes of the cameras; and
(C) any technology that will be employed by or incorporated into the cameras beyond the recording of video, including facial recognition technology or artificial intelligence; and
(2) be provided:
(A) for existing residents of the development, before the installation of the cameras; and
(B) for new or prospective residents of the development, before the signing of a lease.
(c) Video footage or other information recorded by a surveillance camera required by this section may not be used in an eviction suit brought under Chapter 24, Property Code, unless the video or information shows evidence of a criminal act.
(d) This section does not apply to a development located in a rural area.