By Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 2543 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to interactive access to driver license records of the 1-3 Department of Public Safety, creating access to driver license 1-4 records of the National Driver Register (NDR) through the 1-5 Department of Public Safety, and establishing fees for access to 1-6 such information. 1-7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-8 SECTION 1. Section 21 of Article 6687b is amended by 1-9 addition of Subsection (m) to read as follows: 1-10 (m) The Department is authorized to establish a system, 1-11 separate from the Department's mainframe computer, which will allow 1-12 interactive access to certain driver record information. Two 1-13 levels of service are authorized to be provided in this subsection: 1-14 the status request described in subsection (e) of this Section, and 1-15 the three-year record as described in subsection (d) of this 1-16 Section. The fee for a status check provided through this system 1-17 will be $2.50. The fee for a three-year record will be $4.50. 1-18 Fifty cents ($.50) of each fee collected under this subsection 1-19 shall be deposited into a fund appropriated for use by the 1-20 Department to administer this Article. The remainder of fees 1-21 collected will be disposed of in accordance with Section 15 of this 1-22 Article. 1-23 SECTION 2. Section 21 of Article 6687b is amended by 2-1 addition of Subsection (n) to read as follows: 2-2 (n) The Department is authorized to accept requests from 2-3 individuals licensed in this state for information regarding such 2-4 individuals in the National Driver Register (NDR). The Department 2-5 may also accept requests for NDR information from an employer or 2-6 prospective employer of an individual licensed in this state, with 2-7 the written consent of such individual. The Department shall 2-8 charge a $4.00 fee for each request. Upon payment of the fee, the 2-9 Department shall transmit or relay the request to the NDR. 2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-15 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-16 passage, and it is so enacted.