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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.