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  89R4554 DRS-D     By: Garcia Hernandez, et al. H.B. No. 2413       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media   devices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government   Code, is amended by adding Section 263.1521 to read as follows:           Sec.   263.1521.     DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SENSITIVE MEDIA   DEVICES. (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.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.