HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1673

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Brummer offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (192305) 

14         On page 3, line 26 through page 4, line 26,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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17  and insert:  section.  Except for final judgments, court

18  orders, or docket sheets, if a social security number is or

19  has been otherwise included in a court file before, on, or

20  after October 1, 2002, such number may be included as part of

21  the court record available for public inspection and copying

22  unless redaction is requested by the holder of the social

23  security number, or his or her attorney or legal guardian, in

24  a legibly signed written request specifying the case name,

25  case number, and the document heading and page number, and

26  delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission, or

27  delivered in person, to the clerk of the court.  The clerk of

28  the court shall have no duty to inquire beyond the written

29  request to verify the identity of a person requesting

30  redaction.  No fee will be charged for the redaction of a

31  social security number pursuant to such request.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1673

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1         (6)(a)  On or after October 1, 2002, no person

  2  preparing or filing a document to be recorded in the official

  3  records by the county recorder as provided for in chapter 28

  4  may include any person's social security number in that

  5  document, unless otherwise expressly required by law.  If a

  6  social security number is or has been included in a document

  7  presented to the county recorder for recording in the official

  8  records of the county before, on, or after October 1, 2002, it

  9  may be made available as part of the official record available

10  for public inspection and copying.

11         (b)  Any person, or his or her attorney or legal

12  guardian, has the right to request that a county recorder

13  remove, from an image or copy of an official record placed on

14  a county recorder's publicly available Internet website or a

15  publicly available Internet website used by a county recorder

16  to display public records or otherwise made electronically

17  available to the general public by such recorder, his or her

18  social security number contained in that official record.

19  Such request must be made in writing, legibly signed by the

20  requestor and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic

21  transmission, or delivered in person, to the county recorder.

22  The request must specify the identification page number that

23  contains the social security number to be redacted.  The

24  county recorder shall have no duty to inquire beyond the

25  written request to verify the identity of a person requesting

26  redaction.  No fee will be charged

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