1-1 By: Patterson S.B. No. 72 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 21, 1994; January 11, 1995, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 February 7, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 8, Nays 0; February 7, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the release of information kept in vessel and outboard 1-9 motor ownership records. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife 1-12 Code, is amended by adding Section 31.0391 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 31.0391. RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) The department 1-14 or a county may not release the name or address of a person 1-15 recorded in the department vessel and outboard motor ownership 1-16 records unless the department or county receives a written request 1-17 that: 1-18 (1) contains the requestor's name and address; and 1-19 (2) states that the use of the information is for a 1-20 lawful purpose. 1-21 (b) This section does not apply to the release of 1-22 information to: 1-23 (1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code 1-24 of Criminal Procedure, who is acting in an official capacity; or 1-25 (2) a state official or an official of a political 1-26 subdivision of this state who requests the information for tax 1-27 purposes. 1-28 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-29 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-34 * * * * *