South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 620


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      620
Ratification Number:              69
Act Number:                       33
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990318
Primary Sponsor:                  Martin
All Sponsors:                     Martin, J. Verne Smith, Bryan, Giese, 
                                  Leventis, Wilson, Alexander, Waldrep and 
                                  Courson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-res\lam\002driv.kad.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990429
Date of Last Amendment:           19990427
Governor's Action:                S
Date of Governor's Action:        19990528
Subject:                          Public Safety Department not to sell 
                                  motor vehicle drivers license record, special 
                                  ID cards; Freedom of Information


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
------  19990618  Act No. A33
------  19990528  Signed by Governor
------  19990526  Ratified R69
House   19990429  Concurred in Senate amendments, 
                  enrolled for ratification
Senate  19990427  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19990427  House amendments amended
House   19990407  Read third time, returned to Senate
                  with amendment
House   19990406  Amended, read second time
House   19990331  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 19990406
House   19990325  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference
Senate  19990324  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19990323  Amended, read second time
Senate  19990318  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on March 18, 1999 - Word format
Revised on March 23, 1999 - Word format
Revised on March 25, 1999 - Word format
Revised on April 6, 1999 - Word format
Revised on April 27, 1999 - Word format

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(A33, R69, S620)

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY SHALL NOT SELL, PROVIDE, FURNISH, OR RELEASE TO A PRIVATE PARTY CERTAIN INFORMATION IT COMPILES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING TO A PERSON A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR A SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A PERSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE OR SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD RECORD IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PRIVATE PERSON OR A PRIVATE ENTITY SHALL NOT USE CERTAIN ELECTRONICALLY STORED INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM A DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORD.

Whereas, an individual's social security number, digitized photograph, and/or digitized signature, used by third parties, without the consent of the individual concerned, can subject an individual to an unreasonable invasion of privacy, fraud, and misappropriation of identity; and

Whereas, federal law does not permit businesses to force customers to provide social security numbers; and

Whereas, the public reasonably expects that state agencies entrusted with this information take every precaution to maintain the privacy of this information. Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Driver's license and special identification card records

SECTION 1. (A) The Department of Public Safety may not sell, provide, or furnish to a private party a person's height, weight, race, social security number, photograph, or signature in any form that has been compiled for the purpose of issuing the person a driver's license or special identification card. The department shall not release to a private party any part of the record of a person under fifteen years of age who has applied for or has been issued a special identification card.

(B) A person's height, weight, race, photograph, signature, and digitized image contained in his driver's license or special identification card record are not public records.

(C) Notwithstanding another provision of law, a private person or private entity shall not use an electronically-stored version of a person's photograph, social security number, height, weight, race, or signature for any purpose, when the electronically-stored information was obtained from a driver's license record.

Time effective

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 26th day of May, 1999.

Approved the 28th day of May, 1999.

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