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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons authorized to access or use electronically |
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readable information derived from a driver's license, commercial |
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driver's license, or personal identification certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 521.126, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not |
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apply to a person who accesses, uses, compiles, or maintains a |
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database of the information for a law enforcement or governmental |
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purpose, including: |
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(1) an officer or employee of the department carrying |
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out law enforcement or government purposes; |
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(2) a peace officer, as defined by Article 2.12, Code |
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of Criminal Procedure, acting in the officer's official capacity; |
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(3) a license deputy, as defined by Section 12.702, |
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Parks and Wildlife Code, issuing a license, stamp, tag, permit, or |
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other similar item through use of a point-of-sale system under |
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Section 12.703, Parks and Wildlife Code; |
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(4) a person acting as authorized by Section 109.61, |
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Alcoholic Beverage Code; |
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(5) a person establishing the identity of a voter |
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under Chapter 63, Election Code; |
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(6) a person acting as authorized by Section 161.0825, |
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Health and Safety Code; [or] |
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(7) a person screening an individual who will work |
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with or have access to children if the person is an employee or an |
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agent of an employee of a public school district or an organization |
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exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3), Internal |
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Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that sponsors a program for youth; |
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or |
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(8) a person who possesses a certificate issued by the |
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department under Section 724.016 or who is otherwise authorized to |
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take or analyze a breath specimen under Chapter 724 or other law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |