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  89R10384 JCG-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 2916       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to criminal and civil liability for disabling, damaging,   or destroying an unmanned aircraft.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 423, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 423.010 to read as follows:           Sec.   423.010.     AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE: DISABLING, DAMAGING, OR   DESTROYING UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. It is an affirmative defense to   prosecution for an offense involving damage or destruction of   property under Section 28.03 or 28.04, Penal Code, or to civil   liability for the damage or destruction of an unmanned aircraft   that the person:                 (1)     was on property owned or legally occupied by the   person;                 (2)     used a firearm legally possessed by the person to   disable, damage, or destroy an unmanned aircraft that the person   did not authorize to be on or over the property; and                 (3)     was not prohibited from discharging the firearm   under Section 42.12, Penal Code, other law or local regulation, or a   dedicatory instrument governing use of the property.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.     Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For   purposes of this section, conduct occurs before the effective date   of this Act if any element of the conduct occurs before the   effective date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.