By Madden H.B. No. 339 76R1589 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to disclosure of certain information provided on a voter 1-3 registration application. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 13.004, Election Code, is amended to read 1-6 as follows: 1-7 Sec. 13.004. RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER OR 1-8 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BY REGISTRAR. (a) The registrar may not 1-9 transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a telephone number furnished 1-10 on a registration application. 1-11 (b) The registrar may transcribe, copy, or otherwise record 1-12 a social security number furnished on a registration application 1-13 only in maintaining the accuracy of the registration records. 1-14 (c) A telephone number and social security number furnished 1-15 on a registration application are confidential and do not 1-16 constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552, 1-17 Government Code. The registrar shall ensure that the telephone 1-18 number and social security number are excluded from disclosure. 1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.