1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information collected and used in connection with a 1-3 driver's license or identification certificate; providing a 1-4 penalty. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, 1-7 is amended by adding Section 521.126 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The 1-9 department may not include any information on a driver's license, 1-10 commercial driver's license, or identification certificate in an 1-11 electronically readable form other than the information printed on 1-12 the license and a physical description of the licensee. 1-13 (b) The department shall take necessary steps to ensure that 1-14 the information is used only for law enforcement or governmental 1-15 purposes. 1-16 (c) Unauthorized use of the information is a Class A 1-17 misdemeanor. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a driver's license, 1-19 commercial driver's license, or identification certificate for 1-20 which an original or renewal application is submitted on or after 1-21 the effective date of this Act. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 571 was passed by the House on April 23, 1999, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 571 on May 27, 1999, and requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 571 on May 30, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 571 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 1999, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 571 on May 30, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor