Texas Transportation Code
§ 521.049 — INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
TN § 521.049Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS · Ch. 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES · Art. C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department shall disclose information relating to the name, date of birth, and most recent address as shown in department records to the Texas Department of Health during an emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner of health to notify individuals of the need to receive certain immunizations.
(b)The department may not charge a fee for information disclosed to a law enforcement agency or other governmental agency for an official purpose, except that the department may charge its regular fees for information provided to those governmental agencies in bulk for research projects.
(c)The department may make information from driver's license record files, including class-type listings, available to an official of the United States, the state, or a political subdivision of this state for government purposes only.
(d)To assist chief appraisers in determining the eligibility of individuals for residence homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxation under Section 11.13, Tax Code, and the applicability to certain individuals of additional notice provisions under Subchapters C and D, Chapter 23, Tax Code, the department shall provide, without charge, to the chief appraiser of each appraisal district in this state:
(1)a copy of each driver's license record or personal identification certificate record held by the department; or
(2)information relating to the name, date of birth, driver's license or personal identification certificate number, and most recent address as shown in the records of individuals included in the department's driver's license or personal identification certificate records.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 424 (S.B. 1372), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2008. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 766 (H.B. 3514), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 27.001(104), eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 352 (H.B. 1464), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2023.