Texas § GV.423.008 - REPORTING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

§ GV.423.008. REPORTING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

REPORTING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (a) Not earlier than January 1 and not later than January 15 of each odd-numbered year, each state law enforcement agency and each county or municipal law enforcement agency located in a county or municipality, as applicable, with a population greater than 150,000, that used or operated an unmanned aircraft during the preceding 24 months shall post a report regarding the agency's use or operation of unmanned aircraft on the agency's publicly accessible Internet website or, if the agency does not have a publicly accessible Internet website, otherwise make the report available to the public. (b) The report must include: (1) the number of times an unmanned aircraft was used, organized by date, time, location, and the types of incidents and types of justification for the use; (2) the number of criminal investigations aided by the use of an unmanned aircraft and a description of how the unmanned aircraft aided each investigation; (3) the number of times an unmanned aircraft was used for a law enforcement operation other than a criminal investigation, the dates and locations of those operations, and a description of how the unmanned aircraft aided each operation; (4) the type of information collected on an individual, residence, property, or area that was not the subject of a law enforcement operation and the frequency of the collection of this information; and (5) the total cost of acquiring, maintaining, repairing, and operating or otherwise using each unmanned aircraft for the preceding 24 months. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1390 (H.B. 912 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 884 (S.B. 2569 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.