A former district judge from Laredo has sued the state and Gov. Greg Abbott, alleging that part of the Texas drone law is unconstitutional because it violates his privacy and treats Mexican-Americans differently than other Texans.
The lawsuit by Manuel R. Flores, former judge of the 49th District Court in Webb and Zapata counties, explained that the 2015 drone law in Texas Government Code Section 423.002 pertains to the capturing of images taken from drones. The law created specific guidelines about who can capture images, what they can photograph, where they can do it and how high they can fly drones. There are exceptions for governmental functions, oil and gas utility issues, academia, surveyors, engineers and more, said the April 15 petition in Flores v. Texas, filed in Webb County district court.
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