1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1268 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1997; March 17, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 7, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13, 1-5 Nays 0; April 7, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to disclosure of driver's license record information held 1-9 by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 521.046, Transportation 1-12 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-13 (a) In addition to the information authorized to be released 1-14 under Section 521.045, on receipt of a written request and payment 1-15 of a $6 fee, the department may disclose that information and 1-16 information regarding each reported motor vehicle moving violation, 1-17 as defined by department rule, resulting in a traffic law 1-18 conviction and each motor vehicle accident in which the individual 1-19 received a citation, by date and location, within the three years 1-20 preceding the date of the request, to a person who: 1-21 (1) demonstrates a legitimate need for the 1-22 information; and 1-23 (2) submits to the department the individual's 1-24 driver's license number or the individual's full name and date of 1-25 birth. 1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-27 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-28 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-29 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-30 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-31 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-32 * * * * *