TITLE: Relating to the sale of certain personal information from driver's license records maintained by the Department of Public Safety.

SUMMARY: Relating to the sale of certain personal information from driver's license records maintained by the Department of Public Safety.

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AN ACT relating to the sale 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 521.050(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) In addition to the provisions of this subchapter relating to the disclosure of driver's license information on an individual, the department may provide a purchaser, in a format prescribed by the department and acceptable to the purchaser, the names, addresses, and dates of birth of all license holders that are contained in the department's basic driver's license record file if the purchaser certifies in writing that the purchaser:(1) is eligible to receive the information under Chapter 730;and (2) has not experienced a breach of system security, as defined by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code, in the previous five years.SECTION 2. Section 521.050, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to the disclosure by the Department of Public Safety of driver's license information in response to a request for the information that is made on or after the effective date of this Act. The disclosure by the Department of Public Safety of driver's license information in response to a request for the information that is made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.