80R442 ACP-D
 
  By: Averitt S.B. No. 1251
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the access, use, or retention of certain electronically
readable information on a driver's license, commercial driver's
license, or personal identification certificate.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 521.126, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:
       (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), and (g), a
person commits an offense if the person:
             (1)  accesses or uses electronically readable
information derived from a driver's license, commercial driver's
license, or personal identification certificate without the
consent of the license or certificate holder; or
             (2)  compiles or maintains a database of electronically
readable information derived from driver's licenses, commercial
driver's licenses, or personal identification certificates without
the consent of each license or certificate holder whose information
is compiled or maintained.
       SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
Act. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
occurs before that date.
       (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.