S.B. No. 1526




AN ACT

relating to collection and use of information in connection with 
licensing regarding a retail installment transaction involving a 
motor vehicle.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 348, Finance Code, is 
amended by adding Section 348.013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 348.013.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.  
(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), information contained in 
an application for a license under Section 348.502 or other 
application information relating to a license holder or license 
applicant that is on file with the commissioner is confidential and 
not open to public inspection.
	(b)  Information made confidential by this section may be 
disclosed in a judicial or administrative proceeding pursuant to a 
lawful subpoena.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 348, Finance Code, is 
amended by adding Section 348.5045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 348.5045.  FINGERPRINTS.  Notwithstanding any other 
law, the commissioner may not:
		(1)  require a person to provide the person's 
fingerprints if the person is not regularly engaged in a business of 
an applicant or license holder that is regulated or to be regulated 
under this chapter; or
		(2)  suspend or revoke a license under Section 348.508 
or  deny an application for a license under Section 348.504 because 
the applicant or license holder did not provide the fingerprints of 
a person who is not regularly engaged in a business of the applicant 
or license holder that is regulated or to be regulated under this 
chapter.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           





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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the Senate on 
April 16, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that 
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2003, by a 
viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1526 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 23, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor