87(R) SB 149 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an |
 
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unmanned aircraft over certain facilities. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    Section 423.0045(a)(1-a), Government Code, is |
 
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amended to read as follows: |
 
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                         (1-a)    "Critical infrastructure facility" means: |
 
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                                     (A)    one of the following, if completely enclosed |
 
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by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to |
 
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exclude intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that |
 
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are posted on the property, are reasonably likely to come to the |
 
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attention of intruders, and indicate that entry is forbidden: |
 
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                                                 (i)    a petroleum or alumina refinery; |
 
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                                                 (ii)    an electrical power generating |
 
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facility, substation, switching station, or electrical control |
 
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center; |
 
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                                                 (iii)    a chemical, polymer, or rubber |
 
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manufacturing facility; |
 
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                                                 (iv)    a water intake structure, water |
 
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treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station; |
 
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                                                 (v)    a natural gas compressor station; |
 
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                                                 (vi)    a liquid natural gas terminal or |
 
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storage facility; |
 
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                                                 (vii)    a telecommunications central |
 
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switching office or any structure used as part of a system to |
 
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provide wired or wireless telecommunications services; |
 
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                                                 (viii)    a port, a public or private airport |
 
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depicted in any current aeronautical chart published by the Federal |
 
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Aviation Administration, a  railroad switching yard, a  trucking |
 
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terminal, or any  other freight transportation facility; |
 
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                                                 (ix)    a gas processing plant, including a |
 
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plant used in the processing, treatment, or fractionation of |
 
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natural gas; |
 
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                                                 (x)    a transmission facility used by a |
 
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federally licensed radio or television station; |
 
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                                                 (xi)    a steelmaking facility that uses an |
 
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electric arc furnace to make steel; |
 
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                                                 (xii)    a dam that is classified as a high |
 
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hazard by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; [or] |
 
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                                                 (xiii)    a concentrated animal feeding |
 
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operation, as defined by Section 26.048, Water Code; or |
 
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                                                 (xiv)    a military installation owned or |
 
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operated by or for the federal government, the state, or another |
 
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governmental entity; or |
 
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                                     (B)    if enclosed by a fence or other physical |
 
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barrier obviously designed to exclude intruders: |
 
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                                                 (i)    any portion of an aboveground oil, gas, |
 
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or chemical pipeline; |
 
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                                                 (ii)    an oil or gas drilling site; |
 
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                                                 (iii)    a group of tanks used to store crude |
 
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oil, such as a tank battery; |
 
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                                                 (iv)    an oil, gas, or chemical production |
 
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facility; |
 
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                                                 (v)    an oil or gas wellhead; or |
 
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                                                 (vi)    any oil and gas facility that has an |
 
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active flare. |
 
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             SECTION  2.    The change in law made by this Act applies only |
 
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
 
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
 
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
 
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
 
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
 
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
 
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before that date. |
 
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             SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
 
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     President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House           |
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