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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information |
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maintained by a county clerk. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.141, Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 804, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 552.141. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN PERSONAL |
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INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY COUNTY CLERK [INFORMATION IN APPLICATION
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FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE]. (a) Information that relates to the social |
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security number of an individual or that relates to the number |
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assigned to a license, permit, or document described by Section |
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552.130(a)(1) or (3) issued to an individual and that is maintained |
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by a county clerk in any record [and that is on an application for a
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marriage license, including information in an application on behalf
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of an absent applicant and the affidavit of an absent applicant, or
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is on a document submitted with an application for a marriage
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license] is confidential and may not be disclosed by the county |
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clerk to the public under this chapter. |
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(b) If a [the] county clerk receives a request to make |
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information maintained by the county clerk [in a marriage license
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application] available under this chapter, the county clerk shall |
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redact any information that is confidential under Subsection (a) |
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before releasing [the portion of the application that contains an
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individual's social security number and release the remainder of] |
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the requested information [in the application]. |
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(c) If a county clerk has or maintains an Internet website, |
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the county clerk may not post or maintain on that website any |
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information that is confidential under Subsection (a). |
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(d) To the extent of a conflict between this section and |
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another provision of this chapter or another law of this state, this |
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section prevails. |
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(e) This section does not affect the applicability of: |
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(1) Section 552.130 to information described by |
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Subsection (a)(1) or (3) of that section that is held by a |
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governmental body other than a county clerk; or |
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(2) Section 552.147 to a social security number that |
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is held by a governmental body other than a county clerk. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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552.141, Government Code, as added by Chapter 804, Acts of the 78th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, applies to information |
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maintained by a county clerk regardless of when the information was |
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filed with the county clerk or when the information was collected or |
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assembled by the county clerk. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |