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Amend HB 2191 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 552.147 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.147.  SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. (a)  Notwithstanding 
any other law, a person's social security number may not be 
disclosed to a member of the public by a governmental body in 
response to a request for the information made under this chapter or 
another law of this state without the person's written consent. The 
consent must be given on a clear and understandable form that the 
attorney general shall prescribe for that purpose. If the consent 
form is part of a larger document, the consent form must be a 
separate page of the larger document and the person's signature 
must appear on that page.
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not prohibit the disclosure of a 
person's social security number without the person's consent:
		(1)  to a federal, state, or local governmental entity 
for a legitimate governmental purpose;
		(2)  if the social security number is contained in 
information that was created, assembled, or first maintained by or 
for the governmental body before September 1, 2005, and the 
disclosure of the social security number is not otherwise 
prohibited by law;
		(3)  if the social security number is contained in 
information that is created, assembled, or maintained by or for a 
district or county clerk and the disclosure of the social security 
number is not otherwise prohibited by law;
		(4)  to a private vendor as necessary to allow the 
vendor to perform a service for the governmental body under a 
contract with the governmental body;
		(5)  in connection with the collection of delinquent 
child support payments; or
		(6)  if the person whose social security number is 
disclosed has been convicted of a felony and the disclosure is 
relevant to establishing the person's identity.
	(c)  The social security number of a living person that is 
contained in information described by Subsection (b)(2) or (b)(3) 
is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021.
	(d)  A private vendor that receives a social security number 
from a governmental body under Subsection (b)(4) may disclose the 
social security number only as necessary to allow the vendor to 
perform a service for the governmental body under the contract with 
the governmental body.
	(e)  A governmental body may redact the social security 
number of a living person from any information the governmental 
body discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of 
requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.
	SECTION 2. Section 552.024, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Subsection (d) does not authorize the disclosure of a 
person's social security number to the extent that the person's 
social security number is prohibited from disclosure under Section 
552.147 or other law.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a 
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.