Bill Text: TX SB1010 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibitions on the sale by a state agency of an individual's personal data.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Finance [SB1010 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1010-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1010 | |
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| 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. | ||
