2005 Texas Government Code CHAPTER 560. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER

GOVERNMENT CODE

CHAPTER 560. BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER


	§ 560.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                   
		(1)  "Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris 
scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry.
		(2)  "Governmental body" has the meaning assigned by 
Section 552.003, except that the term includes each entity within 
or created by the judicial branch of state government.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 634, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 559.001 by Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, § 2(78), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.


	§ 560.002. DISCLOSURE OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIER.  A 
governmental body that possesses a biometric identifier of an 
individual:
		(1)  may not sell, lease, or otherwise disclose the 
biometric identifier to another person unless:
			(A)  the individual consents to the disclosure;                              
			(B)  the disclosure is required or permitted by a 
federal statute or by a state statute other than Chapter 552;  or
			(C)  the disclosure is made by or to a law 
enforcement agency for a law enforcement purpose;  and
		(2)  shall store, transmit, and protect from disclosure 
the biometric identifier using reasonable care and in a manner that 
is the same as or more protective than the manner in which the 
governmental body stores, transmits, and protects its other 
confidential information.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 634, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 559.002 by Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, § 2(78), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.


	§ 560.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 552.  A biometric 
identifier in the possession of a governmental body is exempt from 
disclosure under Chapter 552.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 634, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 559.003 by Acts 
2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, § 2(78), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.