84R12454 AAF-F
	By: Phillips	H.B. No. 2436

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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
	[Subchapter C, Chapter 415, Government] Code, if the employee gives
	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 the governor's Texas homeland
	security office, an airport operator shall submit to the executive
	director of the Texas Department of Transportation and the director
	of the governor's Texas homeland security office 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
	the governor's Texas homeland security office 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, 2021.
	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, 2016, 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 the governor's Texas homeland
	security office:
	(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, 2021, a written
	statement regarding any failure to receive a notice of the
	disposition of the application.
	(d)  This section expires August 31, 2021.
	SECTION 3.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the director of the governor's Texas homeland security
	office 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, 2016.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (a) of this
	section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.