85R1092 AJZ-D     By: Hall S.B. No. 91       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law   enforcement agency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.0094 to read as follows:          Sec. 411.0094.  AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER. (a) In this   section, "automatic license plate reader" means a system that reads   and records license plate numbers taken from digital photographs.           (b)  A law enforcement agency may use an automatic license   plate reader.           (c)  Images and any related data produced from an automatic   license plate reader under Subsection (b) may be used only for the   following law enforcement purposes:                (1)  investigating a criminal offense; or                 (2)  investigating a report of a missing person.          (d)  All images and data produced from an automatic license   plate reader under this section shall be destroyed not later than   the seventh day after the date of collection unless the image or   data is evidence in a criminal investigation or prosecution.          (e)  The department shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.