By Madden                                              H.B. No. 339
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                                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.