Focus Report, Volume 75, Number 10, July 1997 Page: 7
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Confidentiality of motor vehicle accident records
HB 399 by Goodman (Ratliff)
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GOVERNOR'S
REASON
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RESPONSE:
NOTES:HB 399 would have made confidential any information about auto accidents.
included in Department ofPublic Safety records, police dispatch logs, towing
and 911 records, or the part of any other record that included information
about the date of the accident, the name of any person involved, or the
specific location. Information could have been released to individuals only if
they provided the name of anyone involved in the accident and either the date
or the place the accident occurred. A request for this information would have
to have been submitted in writing and adhered to open records laws.
"This bill is overbroad and unduly rest-icts access to information of legitimate
interest to the general public. Another bill, House Bill 1327, signed on June
17, 1997, is narrowly tailored to address the objectives of this bill to prohibit
barratry and solicitation of professional employment, including that by an
attorney, chiropractor, physician, surgeon, private investigator, and other
state-regulated health care professionals."
Rep. Toby Goodman, the author of HB 399, said: "It was a public policy
issue. The intent of the bill was to make it difficult to solicit victims of motor
vehicle accidents. Fortunately, this was accomplished in SB 1069, which was
signed by the governor."
HB 399 was analyzed in Part 2 of the May 6 Daily Floor Report.
HB 1327 by Nixon (Duncan), which takes effect September 1, 1997, expands
the offense of barratry -improper solicitation of professional services -to
persons other than attorneys. HB 1327 was analyzed in Part 4 of the May 9
Daily Floor Report.
SB 1069 by Moncrief (Uher), which takes effect September 1, 1997, includes
language virtually identical to HB 399 SB 1069 differs only by specifying
fees for copies rather than charging general open records fees. SB 1069 also
includesother provisions restricting the disclosure and use of individual
personal information contained in Texas motor vehicle records. to conform to
federal law and restricting distribution of motor vehicle records overthe
Internet. The digest of SB 1069 appeared in Part 1 of the May 26 Daily Floor
Report.
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