Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 421.085 - Privacy Policy Required(a) Each fusion center operating in this state shall adopt a privacy policy providing at a minimum that, with respect to an individual or organization, the fusion center: (1) will not seek, collect, or retain information that is based solely on any of the following factors, as applicable to that individual or organization:(A) religious, political, or social views or activities;(B) participation in a particular organization or event; or(C) race, ethnicity, citizenship, place of origin, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation; and(2) will take steps to ensure that any agency that submits information to the fusion center does not submit information based solely on a factor described by Subdivision (1).(b) In a criminal investigation, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may not alone give rise to reasonable suspicion. However, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may be used in connection with a specific description of a suspect in the investigation.Tex. Gov't. Code § 421.085
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178, Sec. 6, eff. 6/17/2011.