| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the disclosure of certain information to the secretary |
|
|
of state for use in voter registration or the administration of |
|
|
elections. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Sections 521.044(a) and (c), Transportation |
|
|
Code, are amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) Information provided on a driver's license application |
|
|
that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used |
|
|
only by the department or disclosed only to: |
|
|
(1) the child support enforcement division of the |
|
|
attorney general's office; |
|
|
(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the |
|
|
payment of child support; |
|
|
(3) the United States Selective Service System as |
|
|
provided by Section 521.147; [or] |
|
|
(4) the unclaimed property division of the |
|
|
comptroller's office; or |
|
|
(5) the secretary of state for the purposes of voter |
|
|
registration or the administration of elections. |
|
|
(c) On the request of a state entity responsible for |
|
|
investigating or enforcing the payment of child support or the |
|
|
secretary of state, the department shall disclose information |
|
|
regarding an applicant's social security number. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 521.059, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
|
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
|
|
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, |
|
|
the department shall use the image verification system established |
|
|
under this section to assist the secretary of state in the |
|
|
performance of its official duties regarding voter registration or |
|
|
the administration of elections. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Section 730.005, Transportation Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 730.005. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. Personal information |
|
|
obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record |
|
|
shall be disclosed for use in connection with any matter of: |
|
|
(1) motor vehicle or motor vehicle operator safety; |
|
|
(2) motor vehicle theft; |
|
|
(3) motor vehicle emissions; |
|
|
(4) motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or |
|
|
advisories; |
|
|
(5) performance monitoring of motor vehicles or motor |
|
|
vehicle dealers by a motor vehicle manufacturer; |
|
|
(6) removal of nonowner records from the original |
|
|
owner records of a motor vehicle manufacturer to carry out the |
|
|
purposes of: |
|
|
(A) the Automobile Information Disclosure Act, |
|
|
15 U.S.C. Section 1231 et seq.; |
|
|
(B) 49 U.S.C. Chapters 301, 305, 323, 325, 327, |
|
|
329, and 331; |
|
|
(C) the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, 18 U.S.C. |
|
|
Sections 553, 981, 982, 2119, 2312, 2313, and 2322, 19 U.S.C. |
|
|
Sections 1646b and 1646c, and 42 U.S.C. Section 3750a et seq., all |
|
|
as amended; |
|
|
(D) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et |
|
|
seq., as amended; and |
|
|
(E) any other statute or regulation enacted or |
|
|
adopted under or in relation to a law included in Paragraphs |
|
|
(A)-(D); |
|
|
(7) child support enforcement under Chapter 231, |
|
|
Family Code; [or] |
|
|
(8) enforcement by the Texas Workforce Commission |
|
|
under Title 4, Labor Code; or |
|
|
(9) voter registration or the administration of |
|
|
elections by the secretary of state. |
|
|
SECTION 4. Section 730.007(c), Transportation Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(c) This section does not: |
|
|
(1) prohibit the disclosure of a person's photographic |
|
|
image to: |
|
|
(A) a law enforcement agency or a criminal |
|
|
justice agency for an official purpose; |
|
|
(B) an agency of this state investigating an |
|
|
alleged violation of a state or federal law relating to the |
|
|
obtaining, selling, or purchasing of a benefit authorized by |
|
|
Chapter 31 or 33, Human Resources Code; [or] |
|
|
(C) an agency of this state investigating an |
|
|
alleged violation of a state or federal law under authority |
|
|
provided by Title 4, Labor Code; or |
|
|
(D) the secretary of state for the purpose of |
|
|
voter registration or the administration of elections; or |
|
|
(2) prevent a court from compelling by subpoena the |
|
|
production of a person's photographic image. |
|
|
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|
|
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|
|
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|
|
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|
|
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |