1-1 By: West S.B. No. 293 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2001; January 22, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 1-4 March 26, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, 1-5 Nays 0; March 26, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to use of electronically readable information on a 1-9 driver's license. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 521.126, Transportation Code, is amended 1-12 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 521.126. ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) The 1-14 department may not include any information on a driver's license, 1-15 commercial driver's license, or identification certificate in an 1-16 electronically readable form other than the information printed on 1-17 the license and a physical description of the licensee. 1-18 (b) The department shall take necessary steps to ensure that 1-19 the information is used only for law enforcement or governmental 1-20 purposes. 1-21 (c) The department may permit use of the information by a 1-22 seller or lessor of goods or services if the department ensures 1-23 that: 1-24 (1) the information is used only for the purpose of 1-25 preventing a specific criminal offense by the seller or lessor or 1-26 by a customer of the seller or lessor; and 1-27 (2) the seller or lessor does not retain the 1-28 information after it is no longer needed to prevent that offense. 1-29 (d) Unauthorized use of the information is a Class A 1-30 misdemeanor. 1-31 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-32 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-33 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-34 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-35 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-36 * * * * *