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      88(R) HB 5005 - Engrossed version - Bill Text
      
            88R14266 MCK-D
         
		By:  Cook, Smith, Geren, Anch  a, Turner,
            H.B.  No.  5005
         
		        et al.
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a 
         
            motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording 
         
            maintained by a law enforcement agency.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 552.130, Government Code, is amended by 
         
            adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         
                          (f)    The license plate number of a motor vehicle captured in 
         
            a video recording maintained by a law enforcement agency is not 
         
            confidential under this section or Chapter 730, Transportation 
         
            Code, and may be included in a video recording disclosed under 
         
            Section 552.021.   This subsection does not preclude a law 
         
            enforcement agency from asserting other exceptions to the 
         
            disclosure of the information under this chapter.
         
                          SECTION  2.    Section 730.007, Transportation Code, is amended 
         
            by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         
                          (h)    A law enforcement agency may release a video recording 
         
            maintained by the law enforcement agency that includes the license 
         
            plate number of a motor vehicle captured in the video in response to 
         
            a request for public information under Chapter 552, Government 
         
            Code.  The law enforcement agency is not required to redact any 
         
            license plate numbers before releasing the video.
         
                          SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 552.130, Transportation Code 730.007 (Government Code 552, Transportation Code 730)
House Committee Report: Government Code 552.130, Transportation Code 730.007 (Government Code 552, Transportation Code 730)
Engrossed: Government Code 552.130, Transportation Code 730.007 (Government Code 552, Transportation Code 730)

	88R14266 MCK-D

	By: Cook, Smith, Geren, Anch a, Turner,	H.B. No. 5005
	et al.



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a
	motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording
	maintained by a law enforcement agency.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 552.130, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f) The license plate number of a motor vehicle captured in
	a video recording maintained by a law enforcement agency is not
	confidential under this section or Chapter 730, Transportation
	Code, and may be included in a video recording disclosed under
	Section 552.021. This subsection does not preclude a law
	enforcement agency from asserting other exceptions to the
	disclosure of the information under this chapter.
	SECTION 2. Section 730.007, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h) A law enforcement agency may release a video recording
	maintained by the law enforcement agency that includes the license
	plate number of a motor vehicle captured in the video in response to
	a request for public information under Chapter 552, Government
	Code. The law enforcement agency is not required to redact any
	license plate numbers before releasing the video.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.