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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving |
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disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 423.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 423.010. DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR DESTROYING UNMANNED |
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AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for an |
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offense involving damage or destruction of property under Section |
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28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, that the actor: |
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(1) was on property owned or legally occupied by the |
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actor; |
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(2) legally possessed a firearm; |
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(3) used that firearm to disable, damage, or destroy |
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an unmanned aircraft that was unlawfully on or over the property in |
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violation of this chapter; and |
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(4) was not prohibited from discharging the firearm |
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under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a |
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dedicatory instrument governing use of the property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |