By: Watson S.B. No. 1643

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; April 20, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 3; April 20, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1643 By: Hancock

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain disclosures of electronic toll collection customer account information by a toll project entity.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 372.054 to read as follows:

Sec. 372.054. DISCLOSURE OF ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION CUSTOMER ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO OTHER TOLL PROJECT ENTITIES. (a) Notwithstanding the confidentiality of electronic toll collection customer account information, including confidentiality under Sections 228.057(e), 366.179(d), 370.177(m), 370.178(d), and 372.051(a), a toll project entity with an electronic toll collection customer may provide by contract to another toll project entity electronic toll collection customer account information, including contact and facility use information and trip data, for customer service, toll collection, or enforcement purposes.

(b) A contract for the provision of electronic toll collection customer account information under Subsection (a):

(1) must ensure the confidentiality of all account information;

(2) does not constitute public disclosure for the purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code;

(3) may not include information related to account payment arrangements, including a customer's credit card, debit card, charge card, or bank account number; and

(4) may not allow for the use of the information for commercial purposes.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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