As various US states wrestle with the implications of ubiquitous unmanned aerial vehicles, Texas legislators have passed a bill banning drones for many private citizens while granting exceptions for law enforcement, utilities, and even real estate companies.
The Texas Privacy Act makes it a misdemeanor the use aerial drones to film any person or private property "with the intent to conduct surveillance," but it also carves out a whopping 40 exemptions. According to the bill's text, law enforcement officers will have wide authority to use surveillance drones both with and without a warrant, in order to survey crime scenes or pursue individuals when police have "reasonable suspicion" that they have committed a crime — among a host of...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/29/4376774/texas-drone-bill-clears-cops-for-aerial-surveillance-restricts-citizens
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