Sec. 421.085.  PRIVACY POLICY REQUIRED.  (a)  Each fusion center operating in this state shall adopt a privacy policy providing at a minimum that, with respect to an individual or organization, the fusion center:
(1)  will not seek, collect, or retain information that is based solely on any of the following factors, as applicable to that individual or organization:
(A)  religious, political, or social views or activities;
(B)  participation in a particular organization or event;  or
(C)  race, ethnicity, citizenship, place of origin, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation;  and
(2)  will take steps to ensure that any agency that submits information to the fusion center does not submit information based solely on a factor described by Subdivision (1).
(b)  In a criminal investigation, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may not alone give rise to reasonable suspicion.  However, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may be used in connection with a specific description of a suspect in the investigation.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (H.B. 3324), Sec. 6, eff. June 17, 2011.