83R7526 JRR-D
By: Taylor H.B. No. 1497
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain personal information from
driver's license records maintained by the Department of Public
Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.049(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department shall [may] make available for
government purposes, including law enforcement purposes, all
information from driver's license record files[, including
class-type listings, available] to an official of the United
States, the state, or a political subdivision of this state,
including law enforcement personnel. The department shall provide
complete information and shall ensure that information made
available under this subsection is used only for a government
purpose [for government purposes only].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.