HB 1610 -- SEARCHING PRIVATE PROPERTY

SPONSOR: Van Schoiack

Subject to exceptions specified in the bill, this bill prohibits a law enforcement officer or an employee of a state agency or political subdivision from placing or using surveillance equipment on private property unless the officer or employee has reasonable suspicion that a violation of a law or regulation has occurred, and it prohibits such officer or employee from entering private property without a valid search warrant or permission from the land owner or lessee. A land owner or lessee may refuse entrance onto the private property by a law enforcement officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision unless the officer or employee has a valid search warrant.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (3733H.01): 542.520