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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibitions on the sale by a state agency of an |
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individual's personal data. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2062 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2062. PROHIBITIONS ON SALE BY STATE AGENCY OF PERSONAL DATA |
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Sec. 2062.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Personal data" means any information relating to |
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an identified or identifiable individual that directly or |
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indirectly identifies the individual. |
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(2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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2054.451. |
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Sec. 2062.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply |
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to the release of public information under Chapter 552 or to any |
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charge for providing copies of public information under that |
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chapter. |
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Sec. 2062.003. PROHIBITED SALES. (a) Subject to |
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Subsection (b), a state agency may not sell to any person any |
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personal data. |
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(b) A state agency may sell information described by |
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Subsection (a) only if disclosure of the information is required |
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under federal or state law. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 2062, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to information sold by a state agency to another |
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person on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts, based on the |
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changes in law made by this Act, shall: |
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(1) determine whether any transfer of money for |
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deposit to the Texas mobility fund is necessary to comply with |
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Section 49-k, Article III, Texas Constitution; and |
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(2) transfer any amount determined to be necessary |
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under Subdivision (1) of this section to the Texas mobility fund |
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from the general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |