Amend CSHB 2061 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 552.147, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 552.147.  [EXCEPTION:] SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS [NUMBER 
OF LIVING PERSON].  (a)  The social security number of a living 
person is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021, but is 
not confidential under this section and this section does not make 
the social security number of a living person confidential under 
another provision of this chapter or other law.
	(b)  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.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other law, a county or district 
clerk may disclose in the ordinary course of business a social 
security number that is contained in information held by the 
clerk's office, and that disclosure is not official misconduct and 
does not subject the clerk to civil or criminal liability of any 
kind under the law of this state, including any claim for damages in 
a lawsuit or the criminal penalty imposed by Section 552.352.
	(d)  Unless another law requires a social security number to 
be maintained in a government document, on written request from an 
individual or the individual's representative the clerk shall 
redact within a reasonable amount of time all but the last four 
digits of the individual's social security number from information 
maintained in the clerk's official public records, including 
electronically stored information maintained by or under the 
control of the clerk.  The individual or the individual's 
representative must identify the specific document or documents 
from which the partial social security number shall be redacted.
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.008, Property Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	Sec. 11.008.  PERSONAL [CONFIDENTIAL] INFORMATION IN REAL 
PROPERTY RECORDS.  (a) In this section, "instrument" means a deed or 
deed of trust.
	(b)  An instrument submitted for recording is not required to 
contain an individual's social security number, and the social 
security number of an individual is not obtained or maintained by 
the clerk under this section.  The preparer of a document may not 
include an individual's social security number in a document that 
is presented for recording in the office of the county clerk.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 191.007(c), Local Government 
Code, an instrument transferring an interest in real property to or 
from an individual [and disclosing that individual's social 
security number or driver's license number] must include a notice 
that appears on the top of the first page of the instrument in 
12-point boldfaced type or 12-point uppercase letters and reads 
substantially as follows:
	NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS:  IF YOU ARE A NATURAL 
PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING 
INFORMATION FROM ANY [THIS] INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST 
IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC 
RECORDS:  YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE 
NUMBER.
	(d) [(c)]  The validity of an instrument as between the 
parties to the instrument and the notice provided by the instrument 
are not affected by a party's failure to include the notice required 
under Subsection (c) [(b)].
	(e) [(d)]  The county clerk may not under any circumstance  
reject an instrument presented for recording solely because the 
instrument fails to comply with this section.  Other than the duty 
to redact an individual's social security number as required by 
Section 552.147, Government Code, the county clerk has no duty to 
ensure that an instrument presented for recording does not contain 
an individual's social security number.
	(f) [(e)]  The county clerk shall post a notice in the county 
clerk's office stating that instruments recorded in the real 
property or official public records or the equivalent of the real 
property or official public records of the county:
		(1)  are not required to contain a social security 
number or driver's license number;  and
		(2)  are public records available for review by the 
public.                 
	(g) [(f)]  All instruments described by this section are 
subject to inspection by the public.  The county clerk is not 
criminally or civilly liable for disclosing an instrument or 
information in an instrument in compliance with the public 
information law (Chapter 552, Government Code) or another law.
	(h) [(g)]  Unless this section is cited in a law enacted after 
September 1, 2003, this section is the exclusive law governing the 
confidentiality of personal information contained in the real 
property or official public records or the equivalent of the real 
property or official public records of a county.
	(i) [(h)]  To the extent that federal law conflicts with this 
section, an instrument must contain the information required by and 
must be filed in a manner that complies with federal 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, 2007.