Bill Text: TX HB1210 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to passenger security screening.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1210 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1210-Introduced.html
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| By: Phillips | H.B. No. 1210 | |
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| relating to passenger security screening. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 23.002(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The governing body may commission an employee of an | ||
| airport security force established under this chapter as a peace | ||
| officer, subject to Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations | ||
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| an oath and a bond for the faithful performance of the employee's | ||
| duties as required by the governing body. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 23, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 23.004 and 23.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 23.004. ANALYSIS AND REPORT REGARDING PASSENGER | ||
| SECURITY SCREENINGS. (a) In this section, "airport operator" | ||
| means: | ||
| (1) a local government that owns or controls an | ||
| airport; or | ||
| (2) a person who operates, as the agent of a local | ||
| government or otherwise, an airport owned or controlled by the | ||
| local government. | ||
| (b) An airport operator shall establish a program to collect | ||
| complaints received by the operator regarding passenger security | ||
| screenings. Complaints collected under this section are | ||
| confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (c) Not later than October 1 of each year, and in a manner | ||
| prescribed by the director of Texas homeland security, an airport | ||
| operator shall submit to the executive director of the Texas | ||
| Department of Transportation and the director of Texas homeland | ||
| security an analysis of complaints regarding passenger security | ||
| screenings received during the most recent state fiscal year. The | ||
| analysis must identify the general categories of complaints | ||
| regarding passenger security screenings and provide trend data on | ||
| the frequency of those complaints. The analysis may not contain any | ||
| personal passenger information that would compromise a passenger's | ||
| privacy or safety. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 1 of each year, the director of | ||
| Texas homeland security shall submit a report to the congressional | ||
| delegation of this state. The report must provide an analysis of | ||
| complaints regarding passenger security screenings in this state | ||
| and make recommendations regarding ways in which to conduct | ||
| effective passenger security screenings while minimizing | ||
| unnecessary impositions on airline travelers' time and privacy. | ||
| (e) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
| Sec. 23.005. SCREENING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) In this | ||
| section, "airport operator" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 23.004. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1, 2018, an airport operator | ||
| shall apply to the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security | ||
| under 49 U.S.C. Section 44920 to participate in the security | ||
| screening opt-out program. | ||
| (c) The airport operator shall submit the following | ||
| information to the executive director of the Texas Department of | ||
| Transportation and the director of Texas homeland security: | ||
| (1) not later than the 30th day after the date an | ||
| application was submitted under Subsection (b), a letter confirming | ||
| the submission of an application; | ||
| (2) not later than the 30th day after receiving the | ||
| notice, a copy of the notice of the disposition of the application; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) not later than January 31, 2023, a written | ||
| statement regarding any failure to receive a notice of the | ||
| disposition of the application. | ||
| (d) This section expires August 31, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the director of Texas homeland security shall | ||
| prescribe procedures to implement the change in law made by Section | ||
| 23.004, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) Sections 23.004(c) and (d), Transportation | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, take effect January 1, 2018. | ||
| (b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
