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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of personal information associated with |
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a motor vehicle record. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 521.0501 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.0501. PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE REPORT. (a) |
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Not later than September 1 of each year, the department shall |
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provide to the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and the |
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state's chief data officer an annual report of all disclosures of |
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personal information made by the department under this chapter that |
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were subject to a fee, including the sale of information under |
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Section 521.050. |
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(b) Each report must contain a description of the personal |
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information that was purchased, including the format of the |
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information, any field column descriptions used to categorize the |
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information, and the name and address of each purchaser. |
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SECTION 2. Section 730.007(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The only personal information an agency may release |
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under this section is the [individual's]: |
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(1) individual's name and address; |
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(2) individual's date of birth; and |
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(3) last four digits of the individual's driver's |
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license number. |
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SECTION 3. Section 730.013(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An authorized recipient of personal information may not |
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resell or redisclose [the] personal information [in the identical |
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or a substantially identical format the personal information was] |
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disclosed to the recipient by an [the applicable] agency. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 730.013(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 5. The repeal by this Act of Section 730.013(c), |
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Transportation Code, does not affect an obligation to maintain |
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records imposed under that subsection before the effective date of |
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this Act. An obligation to maintain records imposed before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |