S.B. No. 72 AN ACT 1-1 relating to the release of information kept in vessel and outboard 1-2 motor ownership records. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife 1-5 Code, is amended by adding Section 31.0391 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 31.0391. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) The department 1-7 or a county may not release the name or address of a person 1-8 recorded in the department vessel and outboard motor ownership 1-9 records unless the department or county receives a written request 1-10 that: 1-11 (1) contains the requestor's name and address; and 1-12 (2) states that the use of the information is for a 1-13 lawful purpose. 1-14 (b) This section does not apply to the release of 1-15 information to: 1-16 (1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code 1-17 of Criminal Procedure, who is acting in an official capacity; or 1-18 (2) a state official or an official of a political 1-19 subdivision of this state who requests the information for tax 1-20 purposes. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.