1-1 By: Raymond (Senate Sponsor - Luna) H.B. No. 1166
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 1993;
1-3 April 13, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 11, 1993, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Henderson x
1-9 Harris of Tarrant x
1-10 Brown x
1-11 Harris of Dallas x
1-12 Luna x
1-13 Parker x
1-14 West x
1-15 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Luna
1-16 On page 1, line 54, after the word "support" add the
1-17 following language before the ".":
1-18 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-19 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-20 On page 1, line 59, after the word "support" add the
1-21 following language before the ",":
1-22 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-23 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-24 On page 2, line 1, after the word "support" add the following
1-25 language before the ",":
1-26 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-27 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-28 On page 2, line 11, after the word "support" add the
1-29 following language before the ".":
1-30 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-31 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-32 On page 2, line 16, after the word "support" add the
1-33 following language before the ",":
1-34 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-35 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-36 On page 2, line 22, after the word "support" add the
1-37 following language before the ",":
1-38 "or for the enforcement of a court order relating to the
1-39 managing conservatorship or possession or access of a child"
1-40 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-41 AN ACT
1-42 relating to use of social security numbers of driver's license
1-43 applicants to assist in child support enforcement.
1-44 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-45 SECTION 1. Chapter 173, Acts of the 47th Legislature,
1-46 Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-47 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 6A to read as follows:
1-48 Sec. 6A. USE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO APPLICANT'S SOCIAL
1-49 SECURITY NUMBER. (a) Information on a driver's license
1-50 application relating to the applicant's social security number may
1-51 be released to or used by the Department, the child support
1-52 enforcement division of the attorney general's office, or another
1-53 state entity responsible for enforcing the payment of child
1-54 support.
1-55 (b) The Department shall enter an applicant's social
1-56 security number in the Department's electronic data base but may
1-57 not print the number on the applicant's driver's license.
1-58 (c) On request of a state entity responsible for
1-59 investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the
1-60 Department shall provide information regarding an applicant's
1-61 social security number.
1-62 (d) Information made available under this section may be
1-63 used by the child support enforcement division of the attorney
1-64 general's office, or another state entity responsible for enforcing
1-65 the payment of child support, only to carry out its duties.
1-66 SECTION 2. The Texas Commercial Driver's License Act
1-67 (Article 6687b-2, Revised Statutes) is amended by adding Section
1-68 18A to read as follows:
2-1 Sec. 18A. RELEASE OF APPLICANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER FOR
2-2 CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. (a) Information on a driver's license
2-3 application relating to the applicant's social security number may
2-4 be released to or used by the Department, the child support
2-5 enforcement division of the attorney general's office, or another
2-6 state entity responsible for enforcing the payment of child
2-7 support.
2-8 (b) The Department shall enter an applicant's social
2-9 security number in the Department's electronic data base but may
2-10 not print the number on the applicant's driver's license.
2-11 (c) On request of a state entity responsible for
2-12 investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the
2-13 Department shall provide information regarding the social security
2-14 number of an applicant for a commercial driver's license.
2-15 (d) Information made available under this section may be
2-16 used by the child support enforcement division of the attorney
2-17 general's office, or another state entity responsible for enforcing
2-18 the payment of child support, only to carry out its duties.
2-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
2-20 applies only to a license or license renewal under Chapter 173,
2-21 Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b,
2-22 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or the Texas Commercial Driver's
2-23 License Act (Article 6687b-2, Revised Statutes), for which
2-24 application is made on or after the Act's effective date. A
2-25 license or license renewal for which application is made before the
2-26 Act's effective date is subject to the law then in effect and the
2-27 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-28 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-33 * * * * *
2-34 Austin,
2-35 Texas
2-36 May 11, 1993
2-37 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-38 President of the Senate
2-39 Sir:
2-40 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B. No.
2-41 1166, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-42 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-43 pass, as amended, and be printed.
2-44 Henderson,
2-45 Chairman
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2-47 WITNESSES
2-48 FOR AGAINST ON
2-49 ___________________________________________________________________
2-50 Name: E. Shaw x
2-51 Representing: Self
2-52 City: Houston
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2-54 Name: Cecelia Burke x
2-55 Representing: Atty General
2-56 City: Austin
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2-58 FOR AGAINST ON
2-59 ___________________________________________________________________
2-60 Name: D. L. Buzbee x
2-61 Representing: Self
2-62 City: Houston
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2-64 Name: Aubrey Vaughan x
2-65 Representing: Self
2-66 City: Houston
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2-68 Name: Ivie Rich x
2-69 Representing: DPS
2-70 City:
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3-2 Name: Sandy Kibby x
3-3 Representing: Texas PTA
3-4 City: Austin
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3-6 Name: Bob Green x
3-7 Representing: Tx Fathers Alliance
3-8 City: Austin
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3-10 Name: R. L. Green x
3-11 Representing: Tx Fathers Alliance
3-12 City: Austin
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3-14 Name: Jimmy Boyd x
3-15 Representing:
3-16 City: Austin
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3-18 Name: John T. Wells x
3-19 Representing: Self
3-20 City: Washington
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