1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the use of certain electronically readable information
 1-3     to comply with certain provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Code;
 1-4     providing a penalty.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 109, Alcoholic Beverage
 1-7     Code, is amended by adding Section 109.61 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 109.61.  USE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE
 1-9     INFORMATION. (a)  A person may access electronically readable
1-10     information on a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or
1-11     identification certificate for the purpose of complying with this
1-12     code or a rule of the commission, including for the purpose of
1-13     preventing the person from committing an offense under this code.
1-14           (b)  A person may not retain information accessed under this
1-15     section unless the commission by rule requires the information to
1-16     be retained.  The person may not retain the information longer than
1-17     the commission requires.
1-18           (c)  Information accessed under this section may not be
1-19     marketed in any manner.
1-20           (d)  A person who violates this section commits an offense.
1-21     An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3016 was passed by the House on April
         24, 2001, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3016 on May 25, 2001, 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. 3016 on May 27, 2001, by a
         non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3016 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 18, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting; 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. 3016 on May 27, 2001, by a viva-voce
         vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor