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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.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
(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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