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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Subtitle B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS |
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Chapter 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES |
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Subchapter C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS |
Sec. 521.044. USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER INFORMATION
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(a) Information provided on a driver's license application that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used only by the department or disclosed only to:
(1) the child support enforcement division of the attorney general's office;
(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the payment of child support;
(3) the United States Selective Service System as provided by Section 521.147; or
(4) the unclaimed property division of the comptroller's office.
(b) The department shall enter an applicant's social security number in the department's electronic database but may not print the number on the applicant's driver's license.
(c) On the request of a state entity responsible for investigating or enforcing the payment of child support, the department shall disclose information regarding an applicant's social security number.
(d) Information disclosed under this section may be used by a state entity responsible for enforcing the payment of child support only to implement the duties of the state entity.
(e) The department shall include in the department's legislative appropriations requests and budgets, in quarterly performance reports, and in audits of the department's local offices performance measures on the percentage of complete and correct social security numbers on driver's licenses.
(f) This section does not prohibit the department from requiring an applicant for a driver's license to provide the applicant's social security number.