By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 1590
	(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2005; March 22, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 
April 18, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, 
Nays 0; April 18, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to use of electronically readable information from a 
driver's license or personal identification certificate by a 
commercial business.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (e), Section 521.126, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(e)  The prohibition provided by Subsection (b)(1) does not 
apply to a financial institution or a business if the information is 
accessed and used only for purposes of identification verification
of an individual or check verification at the point of sale for a 
purchase of a good or service by check.  The prohibition provided by 
Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a financial institution if each 
license or certificate holder whose information is included in the 
compilation or database consents to the inclusion of the person's 
information in the compilation or database.  Consent under this 
subsection must be on a separate document, signed by the license or 
certificate holder, that explains in at least 14-point bold type 
the information that will be included in the compilation or 
database.  For the purposes of this subsection, "financial 
institution" has the meaning assigned by 31 U.S.C. Section 
5312(a)(2), as amended.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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