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Comment by UnitedWeStand on January 30, 2014 at 2:38pm

The legislation, House Bill 912, authored by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Terrell, will make it a Class C misdemeanor for anyone to use a drone for surveillance of an individual without their prior consent. Further distributing any images captured as a result of such activity will be a class B misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $10,000.

The bill states that "Each image a person possesses, discloses, displays, distributes, or otherwise uses in violation of this section is a separate offense. An offense under this section for the disclosure, display, distribution, or other use of an image is a Class B misdemeanor."

Exceptions to the legislation, known as the 'Texas Privacy Act', will be police use of drones to pursue known felons or conduct criminal investigations. Using drones to investigate misdemeanors will require a warrant. In addition, use of drones to survey accidents, disasters or potential hazardous spills will be permitted.

Comment by UnitedWeStand on January 30, 2014 at 2:37pm

Customs and Border Protection, which operates under DHS, says that the Predator B drone was being flown on a "border security mission" 20 miles southwest of San Diego when it encountered an unknown mechanical failure.

By 2016, CBP wants drones flying in domestic airspace 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure a so-called "layered security strategy."

DARPA and the US Army have taken the wraps off ARGUS-IS, a 1.8-gigapixel video surveillance platform that can resolve details as small as six inches from an altitude of 20,000 feet (6km), ExtremeTech reports.

The U.S. State Department canceled its $1 billion surveillance drone competition, saying none of the proposals met its requirements, according to the U.S. government's Federal Business Opportunities website. 
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The State Department "plans to examine closely the requirements stipulated in the solicitation with the intent of developing and releasing a new" request for drone proposals, according to the notice.

The Texas legislature passed a bill this past weekend that would see a blanket ban on capturing moving or still images on private property with an unmanned drone.