By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 174


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of information in an application 
for a marriage license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.141 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.141.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION IN 
APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE.  (a)  Information that relates to 
the social security number of an individual that is maintained by a 
county clerk and that is on an application for a marriage license, 
including information in an application on behalf of an absent 
applicant and the affidavit of an absent applicant, or is on a 
document submitted with an application for a marriage license is 
confidential and may not be disclosed by the county clerk to the 
public under this chapter.
	(b)  If the county clerk receives a request to make 
information in a marriage license application available under this 
chapter, the county clerk shall redact the portion of the 
application that contains an individual's social security number 
and release the remainder of the information in the application.
	SECTION 2.  Section 552.141, Government Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to an application for a marriage license that 
is filed on or after September 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.