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�	S.B.�No.�955

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�	AN ACT
�	relating to use of electronically readable information on a
�	driver's license or personal identification certificate by certain
�	organizations that sponsor youth programs.
�	�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
�	�������SECTION�1.��Subsection (d), Section 521.126, Transportation
�	Code, as amended by Chapters 391 and 1189, Acts of the 79th
�	Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
�	�������(d)��The prohibition provided by Subsection (b) does not
�	apply to a person who accesses, uses, compiles, or maintains a
�	database of the information for a law enforcement or governmental
�	purpose, including:
�	�������������(1)��an officer or employee of the department carrying
�	out law enforcement or government purposes;
�	�������������(2)��a peace officer, as defined by Article 2.12, Code
�	of Criminal Procedure, acting in the officer's official capacity;
�	�������������(3)��a license deputy, as defined by Section 12.702,
�	Parks and Wildlife Code, issuing a license, stamp, tag, permit, or
�	other similar item through use of a point-of-sale system under
�	Section 12.703, Parks and Wildlife Code;
�	�������������(4)��a person acting as authorized by Section 109.61,
�	Alcoholic Beverage Code; [or]
�	�������������(5)��a person establishing the identity of a voter
�	under Chapter 63, Election Code;
�	�������������(6)�[(5)]��a person acting as authorized by Section
�	161.0825, Health and Safety Code; or
�	�������������(7)��a person screening an individual who will work
�	with or have access to children if the person is an employee or an
�	agent of an employee of a public school district or an organization
�	exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3), Internal
�	Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that sponsors a program for youth.
�	�������SECTION�2.��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, 2007.
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�	______________________________	______________________________
�	���President of the Senate	Speaker of the House�����
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�	�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�955 passed the Senate on
�	April�12,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�31, Nays�0.
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�	Secretary of the Senate����
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�	�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�955 passed the House on
�	May�17,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�141, Nays�1, two
�	present not voting.
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�	Chief Clerk of the House���
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�	Approved:
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�	����������Governor