1. (a) All videotapes, photographs, and negatives in possession of or taken in the course of their official duties by Department of Public Safety personnel will be considered as agency property and generally available to the public. No employee shall sell, offer for sale, or receive any consideration whatsoever concerning the disposition or release of such videotape, photograph, or negative.
2. (b) This section is not intended to forbid the use of any such videotape, photograph, or negative by members of this department or other criminal justice agencies in the prosecution of any criminal or traffic case or in programs expressly intended to further public safety education or in any utilization approved by the director.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.71 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective December 14, 1992, 17 TexReg 8332.