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	On third reading, Amend SB 766, as amended on second reading, 
as follows:  
	(1) Strike added Subsection (c)(1), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 1, lines 
26-28), and substitute:
		"(1) a person involved in the motor vehicle accident, a 
person who is the owner of or a currently recorded lienholder on a 
vehicle involved in the accident, or a person who owns property 
damaged as a result of the accident;".
	(2) Add a new Subsection (e-1), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 3, 
between lines 27 and 28) to read as follows:
	(e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (e), a person may access 
from the department a motor vehicle accident report or information 
in a motor vehicle accident report during the 30-day period 
immediately after the date the report is filed if the person mails 
to the department by United States Certified mail a notarized 
statement on a form created by the department in which the person:
			(A) certifies that the person filing the notarized 
statement is a person entitled to obtain the motor vehicle accident 
report under Subsection (c) of this Section,
			(B) recognizes that during the 30-day period 
immediately after the date the report was filed, the report or the 
information is confidential and privileged; and 
			(C) certifies that during that period the report 
or information will not be:
				(i) used in connection with a commercial 
solicitation of a person involved in the accident; or
				(ii) knowingly disclosed to a third person 
for the purpose of making a commercial solicitation of a person 
involved in the accident.
	(3) Strike the first clause of added Subsection (f), Section 
550.065, Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 
3, lines 29), which reads "As an alternative to requiring 
compliance with Subsection (e)", and substitute "As an alternative 
to requiring compliance with Subsection (e) or (e-1)".
	(4) Strike added Subsection (h), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 4, lines 
21-28).
	(5) Redesignate added Subsection (i), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 4, line 
29), as Subsection (h).
	(6) Redesignate added Subsection (j), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 5, line 
5), as Subsection (i).
	(7) Strike added Subsection (k), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 5, lines 
10-12).
	(8) In added Subsection (l), Section 550.065, Transportation 
Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 5, lines 13), strike "(l) 
An offense under Subsection (i) or (j) is:" and substitute "(j) An 
offense under Subsection (h) or (i) is:"
	(9) Redesignate added Subsection (m), Section 550.065, 
Transportation Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 5, line 
26), as Subsection (k).
	(10) Strike Subsection (n), Section 550.065, Transportation 
Code (Second Reading Amendment No. 1, page 6, lines 21-28), and 
substitute:
	(l) [(d)] The fee for a copy of a motor vehicle accident [the] 
report or motor vehicle accident information is $6 [or the actual 
cost of the preparation of the copy, whichever is less]. The copy 
may be certified by the agency that holds the accident report
[department] or the information [governmental entity] for an 
additional fee of $2. The agency [department or the governmental 
entity] may issue a certification that no report or information is 
on file for a fee of $6.