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Live on this state’s named ALPR highway-occupancy instrument. No ALPR use-or-retention statute was retrieved as primary.

DOT instrument
Open the workbenchThe method
Highway system
Primary
State Highway System: highways in the state built and maintained by TxDOT (TxDOT Highway Designations Glossary). On-system = designated on the SHS and maintained by TxDOT. Off-system = city street or county road, not maintained by TxDOT. Do not merge city streets into the SHS.
Owner
Primary
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). TxDOT’s glossary states the State Highway System is the highways built and maintained by TxDOT. City and county roads are off-system.
Right-of-way
Not retrieved
not packed. Texas’s statutory ROW definition for the State Highway System is not packed in this build. The TxDOT glossary retrieved on 1 Sept 2026 does not define right-of-way. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21). Texas Transportation Code chapter pages on statutes.capitol.texas.gov did not return usable HTML to curl/browse on retrieval day.
Public records
Primary
Texas Public Information Act (Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 552). Who may request: The Texas Secretary of State recites that Chapter 552 gives the right to access government records; an officer for public information may not ask why they are wanted. All government information is presumed available; exceptions may apply. statutes.capitol.texas.gov chapter HTML did not return content on 1 Sept 2026. Packed the Act’s identity and request rule from the Secretary of State’s official Open Records Policy page, which cites Government Code Chapter 552.

statutes.capitol.texas.gov chapter HTML did not return content on 1 Sept 2026. Packed the Act’s identity and request rule from the Secretary of State’s official Open Records Policy page, which cites Government Code Chapter 552.

Open meetings
Primary
Texas Open Meetings Act (Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 551)
ALPR statute
None found
No Texas statewide ALPR statute was retrieved. NCSL’s 2022 lead sheet listed none. 88(R) HB 3999 (ALPR use only by warrant) was introduced and did not become packed law. City Flock contracts and Who Approved This city records are Layer A procurement leads — not a statewide ALPR statute and not a TxDOT install spec.
ROW permit
Primary
Multiple Use Agreement (MUA), Form 2044 — license plate reader agreements require DPS User Agreement, DPS Approval Letter, and Data Usage Supplemental Agreement. Who may apply: TxDOT may enter an MUA with a political subdivision or federal agency to use portions of highway right-of-way for public facilities other than highway purposes, including law-enforcement functions. License-plate-reader MUAs additionally require the three DPS/data attachments listed on the MUA page. DPS separately requires contributing reads, a Hotlist MOU, written ALPR policies, and a detailed law-enforcement-purpose statement before it will issue the TxDOT-structure / TxDOT-easement approval letter.. Authority cited on the TxDOT page: 43 TAC § 11.21. Utility Accommodation Rules (43 TAC ch. 21 subch. C) are for public utilities occupying ROW — not the LPR path packed here. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN dollar figures. Who Approved This Texas city records are Layer A, not this TxDOT instrument.

Authority cited on the TxDOT page: 43 TAC § 11.21. Utility Accommodation Rules (43 TAC ch. 21 subch. C) are for public utilities occupying ROW — not the LPR path packed here. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN dollar figures. Who Approved This Texas city records are Layer A, not this TxDOT instrument.

https://www.txdot.gov/manuals/mnt/use/uses_of_right_of_way_long_term/multiple_use_agreements-i1000960.html

Install process in this state

  1. Name the land: State Highway System / on-system ROW is TxDOT. City streets and county roads are off-system. Do not import Florida GUP, FAC 14-20.010, or FDOT EOM 26-01.
  2. TxDOT’s instrument for non-highway public facilities on TxDOT ROW — including law-enforcement functions — is a Multiple Use Agreement, Form 2044, coordinated with the Maintenance Division. Authority: 43 TAC § 11.21 as cited on the TxDOT MUA page.
  3. For license plate reader agreements only, the MUA package must include: DPS User Agreement, DPS Approval Letter, and Data Usage Supplemental Agreement.
  4. DPS will not issue the TxDOT-structure / TxDOT-easement approval letter unless the agency is contributing reads to the DPS LPR file, has a Hotlist MOU, has written ALPR deployment/use/retention policies, and states a detailed law-enforcement purpose for each camera on TxDOT infrastructure or in a TxDOT easement.
  5. TxDOT does not provide power. The MUA review asks whether the device is crashworthy or out of the clear zone, how it is powered, and whether it creates a sight-distance issue or resembles a traffic-control device.
  6. Utility Accommodation Rules are for public utilities. Do not treat UAR / RULIS as the LPR install path. Do not treat a city Flock contract as a TxDOT permit.

Primary

Where to ask

  • City or county clerk / secretary

    Minutes, resolutions, vote records; city ordinance or county resolution when the MUA package requires one

  • Purchasing / finance

    Vendor contract, amendments, invoices (Layer A — not the TxDOT file)

  • Police records

    Written ALPR deployment, use, and data-retention policy (DPS prerequisite)

  • TxDOT district / Maintenance Division (MNT)

    Executed Multiple Use Agreement (Form 2044), plans, insurance, OnBase upload, internal GIS of approved MUA locations

  • Texas DPS TCIC Operations

    LPR contributing agreement, Hotlist MOU, approval letter for TxDOT-structure or TxDOT-easement placement

SupportedEvidence
TxDOT’s Multiple Use Agreement package for license plate readers requires a DPS User Agreement, a DPS Approval Letter, and a Data Usage Supplemental Agreement in addition to Form 2044.

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SupportedEvidence
TxDOT requires DPS approval that LPR placement on a TxDOT-owned structure or in a TxDOT easement serves a law-enforcement need, and DPS lists contributing reads, a Hotlist MOU, written ALPR policies, and a detailed purpose statement as prerequisites for that letter.

tx-dps-lpr

UnprovenAssumption
Texas has an enacted statewide ALPR retention or use statute analogous to Oklahoma § 7-606.1 or Nebraska §§ 60-3201–3209.

None retrieved. Bills are not packed as law. Empty beats inventing a cite.

Sources in this pack

What was checked

  1. 2026-09-01

    https://www.txdot.gov/manuals/mnt/use/uses_of_right_of_way_long_term/multiple_use_agreements-i1000960.html

    Primary: MUA Form 2044; LPR agreements require DPS User Agreement, DPS Approval Letter, and Data Usage Supplemental. Political subdivision or federal agency. 43 TAC § 11.21 cited.

  2. 2026-09-01

    https://www.dps.texas.gov/sites/default/files/documents/administration/crime_records/pages/lprp.pdf

    Primary DPS: contributing MOU, Hotlist MOU, written ALPR policy, detailed LE-purpose statement before DPS will approve LPR on a TxDOT structure or in a TxDOT easement.

  3. 2026-09-01

    statutes.capitol.texas.gov TN.221 / GV.552 / GV.551 HTML

    No usable content returned. Packed SHS from TxDOT glossary (primary). Packed PIA identity from SOS Open Records Policy (primary recitation of ch. 552). Packed Open Meetings ch. 551 from SOS omhelp.shtml (primary recitation).

  4. 2026-09-01

    NCSL 2022 ALPR statute list; 88(R) HB 3999

    No enacted statewide ALPR statute packed. HB 3999 is a bill, not law. City Flock / Who Approved This records left as Layer A.

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