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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. ______________________________ ______________________________ 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: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor
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