Bill Text: TX HB2512 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain information to the secretary of state for use in voter registration or the administration of elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2512 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2512-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 2512

AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain information to the secretary
of state for use in voter registration or the administration of
elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 521.044(a) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Information provided on a driver's license application
that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used
only by the department or disclosed only to:
(1) the child support enforcement division of the
attorney general's office;
(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
payment of child support;
(3) the United States Selective Service System as
provided by Section 521.147; [or]
(4) the unclaimed property division of the
comptroller's office; or
(5) the secretary of state for the purposes of voter
registration or the administration of elections.
(c) On the request of a state entity responsible for
investigating or enforcing the payment of child support or the
secretary of state, the department shall disclose information
regarding an applicant's social security number.
SECTION 2. 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);
(7) child support enforcement under Chapter 231,
Family Code; [or]
(8) enforcement by the Texas Workforce Commission
under Title 4, Labor Code; or
(9) voter registration or the administration of
elections by the secretary of state.
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, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the House on May 4,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 14, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2512 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor