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By:  Brimer                                                       S.B. No. 1526
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 20, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 
April 10, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1526                                   By:  Brimer


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 
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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