Texas Government Code Title 4, Chapter 423 - Use Of Unmanned Aircraft

• Texas Section 423.001 - Definition
  In this chapter, "image" means any capturing of sound waves, thermal, infrared, ultraviolet, visible light, or other electromagnetic waves, odor, or other conditions existing on...
• Texas Section 423.002 - Nonapplicability
  (a) It is lawful to capture an image using an unmanned aircraft in this state: (1) for the purpose of professional or scholarly research and...
• Texas Section 423.003 - Offense: Illegal Use Of Unmanned Aircraft To Capture Image
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses an unmanned aircraft to capture an image of an individual or privately owned real property...
• Texas Section 423.004 - Offense: Possession, Disclosure, Display, Distribution, Or Use Of Image
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) captures an image in violation of Section 423.003; and (2) possesses, discloses, displays, distributes, or...
• Texas Section 423.0045 - Offense: Operation Of Unmanned Aircraft Over Critical Infrastructure Facility
  (a) In this section: (1) "Critical infrastructure facility" means: (A) one of the following, if completely enclosed by a fence or other physical barrier that...
• Texas Section 423.005 - Illegally Or Incidentally Captured Images Not Subject To Disclosure
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (b), an image captured in violation of Section 423.003, or an image captured by an unmanned aircraft that...
• Texas Section 423.006 - Civil Action
  (a) An owner or tenant of privately owned real property located in this state may bring against a person who, in violation of Section 423.003,...
• Texas Section 423.007 - Rules For Use By Law Enforcement
  The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules and guidelines for use of an unmanned aircraft by a law enforcement authority in this state. Added...
• Texas Section 423.008 - Reporting By Law Enforcement Agency
  (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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016