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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of information collected by a |
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metropolitan rapid transit authority, regional transportation |
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authority, municipal transit department, or coordinated county |
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transportation authority under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 451.061, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), personal |
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[Personal] identifying information collected by an authority is |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, including a person's: |
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(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number; |
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(2) account number, password, payment transaction |
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activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment |
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card number; [and] |
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(3) trip data, including the time, date, origin, and |
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destination of a trip, and demographic information collected when |
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the person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip; and |
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(4) other personal [financial] information, including |
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financial information. |
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(g) Personal identifying information described by |
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Subsection (f)(3) may be disclosed to a governmental agency or |
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institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code, by an authority if the requestor confirms in |
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writing that the use of the information will be strictly limited to |
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use in research or in producing statistical reports, but only if the |
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information is not published, redisclosed, sold, or used to contact |
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any individual. |
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SECTION 2. Section 452.061, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), personal |
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[Personal] identifying information collected by an authority is |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, including a person's: |
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(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number; |
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(2) account number, password, payment transaction |
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activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment |
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card number; [and] |
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(3) trip data, including the time, date, origin, and |
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destination of a trip, and demographic information collected when |
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the person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip; and |
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(4) other personal [financial] information, including |
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financial information. |
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(f) Personal identifying information described by |
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Subsection (e)(3) may be disclosed to a governmental agency or |
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institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code, by an authority if the requestor confirms in |
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writing that the use of the information will be strictly limited to |
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use in research or in producing statistical reports, but only if the |
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information is not published, redisclosed, sold, or used to contact |
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any individual. |
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SECTION 3. Section 453.104, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 453.104. FARES AND OTHER CHARGES. (a) The board shall, |
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after a public hearing, impose reasonable and nondiscriminatory |
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fares, tolls, charges, rents, or other compensation for the use of |
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the transit department system sufficient to produce revenue, |
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together with receipts from taxes imposed by the transit |
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department, in an amount adequate to: |
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(1) pay all the expenses necessary to operate and |
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maintain the transit department system; |
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(2) pay when due the principal of and interest on, and |
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sinking fund and reserve fund payments agreed to be made with |
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respect to, all bonds that are issued by the board and payable in |
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whole or part from the revenue; and |
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(3) fulfill the terms of any other agreement with the |
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holders of bonds described by Subdivision (2) or with a person |
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acting on behalf of the bondholders. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), personal |
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identifying information collected by a transit department is |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, including a person's: |
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(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number; |
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(2) account number, password, payment transaction |
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activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment |
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card number; |
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(3) trip data, including the time, date, origin, and |
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destination of a trip, and demographic information collected when |
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the person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip; and |
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(4) other personal information, including financial |
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information. |
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(c) Personal identifying information described by |
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Subsection (b)(3) may be disclosed to a governmental agency or |
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institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code, by a transit department if the requestor confirms |
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in writing that the use of the information will be strictly limited |
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to use in research or in producing statistical reports, but only if |
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the information is not published, redisclosed, sold, or used to |
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contact any individual. |
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SECTION 4. Section 460.109, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), personal |
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[Personal] identifying information collected by an authority is |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code, including a person's: |
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(1) name, address, e-mail address, and phone number; |
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(2) account number, password, payment transaction |
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activity, toll or charge record, or credit, debit, or other payment |
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card number; [and] |
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(3) trip data, including the time, date, origin, and |
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destination of a trip, and demographic information collected when |
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the person purchases a ticket or schedules a trip; and |
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(4) other personal [financial] information, including |
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financial information. |
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(f) Personal identifying information described by |
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Subsection (e)(3) may be disclosed to a governmental agency or |
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institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code, by an authority if the requestor confirms in |
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writing that the use of the information will be strictly limited to |
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use in research or in producing statistical reports, but only if the |
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information is not published, redisclosed, sold, or used to contact |
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any individual. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a regional |
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transportation authority, metropolitan rapid transit authority, |
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municipal transit department, or coordinated county transportation |
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authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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information that was received before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 6. 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, 2021. |
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