Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 263.1521 · Subchapter D. DISPOSITION OF SALVAGE OR SURPLUS PROPERTY
DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SENSITIVE MEDIA DEVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "sensitive media device" means a data storage device that the commissioners court of a county determines the county has used to store data the maintenance or disclosure of which is regulated by state or federal law.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 263.152, the commissioners court of a county may order the destruction of a sensitive media device:
(1) that is salvage or surplus property; and
(2) for which the commissioners court determines that the destruction of the sensitive media device is necessary to prevent inadvertent disclosure of information in connection with the disposal of the device.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 289 (S.B. 1079), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.263.htm
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