| 1 | 1 | | 84R10334 DDT-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer H.B. No. 3199 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of public information for marketing purposes; |
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| 8 | 8 | | creating a civil penalty. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 16, Business & Commerce Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Chapter 762 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 762. USE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR MARKETING PURPOSE |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 762.001. USE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR MARKETING |
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| 14 | 14 | | PURPOSE PROHIBITED. A person may not use information received in |
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| 15 | 15 | | response to a request for public information under Chapter 552, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Government Code, for marketing purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 762.002. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who violates |
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| 18 | 18 | | this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty in an amount |
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| 19 | 19 | | not to exceed $50 for each violation of this chapter. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The attorney general or appropriate prosecuting |
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| 21 | 21 | | attorney may file suit to collect a civil penalty under this |
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| 22 | 22 | | section. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the state to restrain or enjoin a violation or threatened violation |
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| 25 | 25 | | of this chapter. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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