By Hupp, et al. H.B. No. 571 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 571: By Hupp C.S.H.B. No. 571 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information collected and used in connection with a 1-3 driver's license. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 521.126 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The 1-8 department may not include any information on a driver's license, 1-9 commercial driver's license or identification certificate in an 1-10 electronically readable form other than the information printed on 1-11 the license and a physical description of the licensee. 1-12 (b) The department shall take necessary steps to insure that 1-13 the information is used only for law enforcement or governmental 1-14 purposes. 1-15 (c) Unauthorized use of the information is a Class A 1-16 misdemeanor. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a driver's license, 1-18 commercial driver's license or identification certificate for which 1-19 an original or renewal application is submitted on or after the 1-20 effective date of this Act. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.