Bill Text: TX HB2671 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of personal information under the Motor Vehicle Records Disclosure Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-09 - Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. [HB2671 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2671-Introduced.html
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By: Miles | H.B. No. 2671 |
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relating to the disclosure of personal information under the Motor | ||
Vehicle Records Disclosure Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 730.005, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 730.005. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. Personal information | ||
obtained by an agency in connection with a motor vehicle record | ||
shall be disclosed for use in connection with any matter of: | ||
(1) motor vehicle or motor vehicle operator safety; | ||
(2) motor vehicle theft; | ||
(3) motor vehicle emissions; | ||
(4) motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or | ||
advisories; | ||
(5) performance monitoring of motor vehicles or motor | ||
vehicle dealers by a motor vehicle manufacturer; | ||
(6) removal of nonowner records from the original | ||
owner records of a motor vehicle manufacturer to carry out the | ||
purposes of: | ||
(A) the Automobile Information Disclosure Act, | ||
15 U.S.C. Section 1231 et seq.; | ||
(B) 49 U.S.C. Chapters 301, 305, 323, 325, 327, | ||
329, and 331; | ||
(C) the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, 18 U.S.C. | ||
Sections 553, 981, 982, 2119, 2312, 2313, and 2322, 19 U.S.C. | ||
Sections 1646b and 1646c, and 42 U.S.C. Section 3750a et seq., all | ||
as amended; | ||
(D) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et | ||
seq., as amended; and | ||
(E) any other statute or regulation enacted or | ||
adopted under or in relation to a law included in Paragraphs | ||
(A)-(D); [ |
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(7) child support enforcement under Chapter 231, | ||
Family Code; or | ||
(8) enforcement by the Texas Workforce Commission | ||
under Title 4, Labor Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 730.007(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) This section does not: | ||
(1) prohibit the disclosure of a person's photographic | ||
image to: | ||
(A) a law enforcement agency or a criminal | ||
justice agency for an official purpose; [ |
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(B) an agency of this state investigating an | ||
alleged violation of a state or federal law relating to the | ||
obtaining, selling, or purchasing of a benefit authorized by | ||
Chapter 31 or 33, Human Resources Code; or | ||
(C) an agency of this state investigating an | ||
alleged violation of a state or federal law relating to the | ||
obtaining, selling, or purchasing of a benefit authorized by Title | ||
4, Labor Code; or | ||
(2) prevent a court from compelling by subpoena the | ||
production of a person's photographic image. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |