TO: | Honorable Rick Hardcastle, Chair, House Committee on Energy Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2061 by Keffer, Jim (Relating to the disclosure of the social security number of a living person by a governmental body, including by a district or county clerk. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend Chapter 552, Government Code, to specify that while the social security number of a living person is excepted from the requirement of being made available during normal business hours, the information is not confidential. A county or district clerk would be authorized to disclose in the ordinary course of business a social security number that is contained in information held by the office. The clerks would be required to establish a procedure that would allow a living person to submit a written request to have the clerks redact the person's social security number from documents held in a clerk's office whether written documents or documents available on an Internet website.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives the required two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, DB
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