1-1 By: Hupp, Culberson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 571 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1999; 1-3 April 27, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to information collected and used in connection with a 1-9 driver's license or identification certificate; providing a 1-10 penalty. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, 1-13 is amended by adding Section 521.126 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The 1-15 department may not include any information on a driver's license, 1-16 commercial driver's license, or identification certificate in an 1-17 electronically readable form other than the information printed on 1-18 the license and a physical description of the licensee. 1-19 (b) The department shall take necessary steps to ensure that 1-20 the information is used only for law enforcement or governmental 1-21 purposes. 1-22 (c) Unauthorized use of the information is a Class A 1-23 misdemeanor. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a driver's license, 1-25 commercial driver's license, or identification certificate for 1-26 which an original or renewal application is submitted on or after 1-27 the effective date of this Act. 1-28 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-29 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-30 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-31 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-32 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-33 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-34 * * * * *