85R7300 JCG-D     By: Springer H.B. No. 1643       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of an   unmanned aircraft over certain facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 423.0045(a)(1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (1)  "Critical infrastructure facility" means:                      (A)  one of the following, if completely enclosed   by a fence or other physical barrier that is obviously designed to   exclude intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that   are posted on the property, are reasonably likely to come to the   attention of intruders, and indicate that entry is forbidden:                            (i)  a petroleum or alumina refinery;                            (ii)  an electrical power generating   facility, substation, switching station, or electrical control   center;                            (iii)  a chemical, polymer, or rubber   manufacturing facility;                            (iv)  a water intake structure, water   treatment facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station;                            (v)  a natural gas compressor station;                            (vi)  a liquid natural gas terminal or   storage facility;                            (vii)  a telecommunications central   switching office;                            (viii)  a port, railroad switching yard,   trucking terminal, or other freight transportation facility;                            (ix)  a gas processing plant, including a   plant used in the processing, treatment, or fractionation of   natural gas;                            (x)  a transmission facility used by a   federally licensed radio or television station;                            (xi)  a steelmaking facility that uses an   electric arc furnace to make steel; [or]                            (xii)  a dam that is classified as a high   hazard by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; or                            (xiii)  a concentrated animal feeding   operation, as defined by Section 26.048, Water Code; or                      (B)  any portion of an aboveground oil, gas, or   chemical pipeline that is enclosed by a fence or other physical   barrier that is obviously designed to exclude intruders.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.