S.B. No. 149         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-a), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (1-a)  "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 or any structure used as part of a system to   provide wired or wireless telecommunications services;                            (viii)  a port, a public or private airport   depicted in any current aeronautical chart published by the Federal   Aviation Administration, a railroad switching yard, a trucking   terminal, or any 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;                            (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                            (xiv)  a military installation owned or   operated by or for the federal government, the state, or another   governmental entity; or                      (B)  if enclosed by a fence or other physical   barrier obviously designed to exclude intruders:                            (i)  any portion of an aboveground oil, gas,   or chemical pipeline;                            (ii)  an oil or gas drilling site;                            (iii)  a group of tanks used to store crude   oil, such as a tank battery;                            (iv)  an oil, gas, or chemical production   facility;                            (v)  an oil or gas wellhead; or                            (vi)  any oil and gas facility that has an   active flare.          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, 2021.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 149 passed the Senate on       April 29, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 149 passed the House on           May 26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 6, two present   not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor