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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.11, Code Supplement 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 321.11 RECORDS OF DEPARTMENT. 1 4 1. All records of the department, other than those made 1 5 confidential or not permitted to be open in accordance with 18 1 6 U.S.C. } 2721 et seq., adopted as of a specific date by rule 1 7 of the department, shall be open to public inspection during 1 8 office hours. 1 9 2. Personal information shall be disclosed to a requestor 1 10 if the individual whose personal information is requested has 1 11 not elected to prohibit disclosure of the information to the 1 12 general public. The department shall give notice in a clear 1 13 and conspicuous manner on forms for issuance or renewal of 1 14 driver's licenses, titles, registrations, or nonoperator's 1 15 identification cards that personal information collected by 1 16 the department may be disclosed to any person. The department 1 17 shall provide in a clear and conspicuous manner on these forms 1 18 an opportunity for an individual to prohibit disclosure of 1 19 personal information to the general public. As used in this 1 20 paragraph, "personal information" means information that 1 21 identifies a person, including a person's photograph, social 1 22 security number, driver's license number, name, address, 1 23 telephone number, and medical or disability information, but 1 24 does not include information on vehicular accidents, driving 1 25 violations, and driver's status or a person's zip code. 1 26 3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section to the 1 27 contrary, the department shall not release personal 1 28 information to a person, other than to an officer or employee 1 29 of a law enforcement agency, an employee of a federal or state 1 30 agency or political subdivision in the performance of the 1 31 employee's official duties, a contract employee of the 1 32 department of inspections and appeals in the conduct of an 1 33 investigation, or a licensed private investigation agency or a 1 34 licensed security service or a licensed employee of either, if 1 35 the information is requested by the presentation of a 2 1 registration plate number. In addition, an officer or 2 2 employee of a law enforcement agency may release the name, 2 3 address, and telephone number of a motor vehicle registrant to 2 4 a person requesting the information by the presentation of a 2 5 registration plate number if the officer or employee of the 2 6 law enforcement agency believes that the release of the 2 7 information is necessary in the performance of the officer's 2 8 or employee's duties. 2 9 4. The department shall not sell personal information 2 10 which is in the form of a person's photograph or digital image 2 11 or a digital reproduction of a person's photograph, regardless 2 12 of whether an individual has elected to prohibit disclosure of 2 13 the information to the general public. Thisparagraph2 14 subsection does not prohibit the department from collecting 2 15 reasonable fees for persons' photographs, digital images, or 2 16 digital reproductions of persons' photographs, or copies 2 17 thereof, obtained under subsection 3 or for copies of records 2 18 or other services provided pursuant to section 22.3, 321.10, 2 19 or 622.46. 2 20 EXPLANATION 2 21 This bill amends a provision in Code section 321.11 that 2 22 prohibits the state department of transportation from selling 2 23 records of the department which are in the form of a person's 2 24 photograph, digital image, or digital reproduction of a 2 25 person's photograph. The bill provides that this provision 2 26 does not prohibit the department from collecting reasonable 2 27 fees for such items, or copies of such items, obtained by an 2 28 officer or employee of a law enforcement agency, an employee 2 29 of a federal or state agency or political subdivision in the 2 30 performance of the employee's official duties, a contract 2 31 employee of the department of inspections and appeals in the 2 32 conduct of an investigation, or a licensed private 2 33 investigation agency or a licensed security service or a 2 34 licensed employee of either, if the information is requested 2 35 by the presentation of a registration plate number. 3 1 LSB 5997SS 78 3 2 nh/cf/24
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