87R10327 YDB-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1010
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibitions on the sale by a state agency of an
individual's personal data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2062 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2062. PROHIBITIONS ON SALE BY STATE AGENCY OF PERSONAL DATA
Sec. 2062.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Personal data" means any information relating to
an identified or identifiable individual that directly or
indirectly identifies the individual.
(2) "State agency" has the meaning assigned by Section
2054.451.
Sec. 2062.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
to the release of public information under Chapter 552 or to any
charge for providing copies of public information under that
chapter.
Sec. 2062.003. PROHIBITED SALES. (a) Subject to
Subsection (b), a state agency may not sell to any person any
personal data.
(b) A state agency may sell information described by
Subsection (a) only if disclosure of the information is required
under federal or state law.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2062, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to information sold by a state agency to another
person on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts, based on the
changes in law made by this Act, shall:
(1) determine whether any transfer of money for
deposit to the Texas mobility fund is necessary to comply with
Section 49-k, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
(2) transfer any amount determined to be necessary
under Subdivision (1) of this section to the Texas mobility fund
from the general revenue fund.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.