By Turner of Coleman                                  H.B. No. 1831
         76R5857 JD-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to contracts for the disclosure of certain accident and
 1-3     conviction information by the Department of Public Safety.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 521.0465 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 521.0465.  CONTRACTS FOR DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACCIDENT
 1-8     AND CONVICTION INFORMATION.  (a)  The department shall enter into
 1-9     contracts under which the department provides the other party to
1-10     the contract with information that:
1-11                 (1)  is authorized to be released under Section 521.045
1-12     or 521.046; and
1-13                 (2)  relates to traffic law convictions of individuals
1-14     or the occurrences of motor vehicle accidents involving individuals
1-15     during any 30-day period specified by the person entering into the
1-16     contract.
1-17           (b)  Subsection (a) applies only if the person is eligible to
1-18     receive the information under Chapter 730.
1-19           (c)  A contract entered into under Subsection (a) must
1-20     require the contracting party to:
1-21                 (1)  submit to the department the individuals' drivers
1-22     license numbers or the individuals' full names and dates of birth;
1-23     and
1-24                 (2)  pay the department a monthly fee for providing the
 2-1     information in an amount equal to the greater of:
 2-2                       (A)  the department's direct cost of providing
 2-3     the information; or
 2-4                       (B)  $3,000.
 2-5           (d)  The department may require a person entering into a
 2-6     contract under Subsection (a) to provide the department a certified
 2-7     check, cashier's check, or bond issued by a surety company
 2-8     authorized to do business in this state in an amount equal to the
 2-9     first payment due under the contract to guarantee the person's
2-10     performance under the contract.
2-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-12           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.