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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sale of certain personal information from driver's |
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license records maintained by the Department of Public Safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.050(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In addition to the provisions of this subchapter |
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relating to the disclosure of driver's license information on an |
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individual, the department may provide a purchaser, in a format |
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prescribed by the department and acceptable to the purchaser, the |
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names, addresses, and dates of birth of all license holders that are |
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contained in the department's basic driver's license record file if |
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the purchaser certifies in writing that the purchaser: |
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(1) is eligible to receive the information under |
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Chapter 730; and |
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(2) has not experienced a breach of system security, |
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as defined by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code, in the |
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previous five years. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.050, Transportation Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to the disclosure by the Department of |
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Public Safety of driver's license information in response to a |
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request for the information that is made on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. The disclosure by the Department of Public Safety |
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of driver's license information in response to a request for the |
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information that is made before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |