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Relating to the reporting requirement for certain law enforcement agencies regarding the agencies' use or operation of an unmanned aircraft, the official text

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S.B. No. 2569

AN ACT

relating to the reporting requirement for certain law enforcement

agencies regarding the agencies' use or operation of an unmanned

aircraft.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 423.008(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(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 [issue a written report to the governor,

the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature and

shall:

[(1) retain the report for public viewing; and

[(2)] post a [the] report regarding the agency's use or

operation of unmanned aircraft on the [law enforcement] 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 [one exists].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2569 passed the Senate on

April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2569 passed the House on

May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 15, one

present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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