Bill Text: TX HB5005 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Referred to Transportation [HB5005 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5005-Engrossed.html
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| By: Cook, Smith, Geren, Anchía, Turner, | H.B. No. 5005 | |
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| 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. | ||
